This is my first time posting for my Famous Last Words and since this is my last week for this class it actually fits perfectly. However, since it is the last week for this class, there were not any readings for me to read. So instead, I decided to do some reading on my own. I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. It’s important or me to set aside time in my weeks to be able to go somewhere quiet and read one of my books. My favorite books to read for fun are the Harry Potter series. I’ve read the entire series all the way through at least five times. It just never gets old to me.  Every time I read the books I have questions forming in my head and I try to think about different ways the author might have written it. Before this class, I would never have questioned J.K. Rowling.

Harry Potter Books

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            I’ve said in previous blogs that I do not consider myself a writer and usually have a problem with the words flowing and completing the amount of words needed for the assignment. This class, however, helped get me over the hump of those troubles. I find it easier to write and not second-guess what I’m about to write. Just putting my thoughts on paper immediately definitely helped in the class along with my other classes, especially my final paper for capstone.

            What I enjoyed most about this class was reading other people’s stories. It was incredible to see their creativity and ideas. Seeing their work actually helped me in mine. It made me pay more attention to detail and to give more detail in my own writing. I also found that everyone has their own style and through the weeks, their styles advanced and grew. I even noticed it in my own writing. I wish I could go back and add more but I know I have learned a lot.

Week 12: Famous Last Words

This week I was able to read part of Alice in Wonderland. I've always wanted to read this story as an adult because when you're a child you think about things differently, so this was really neat for me to be able to do. When I wrote the Storytelling for this week, it was actually the easiest to write. I was able to envision something after reading the original because I understood the story better after reading it again. There are certain details in my readings that I need to pay more attention to so that my storytellings will be easier and more fun for people to read. I want my stories to be better than they have been and for them to flow more than my others.
This week my best writing was for a paper in my capstone class. It was a five page paper about social responsibility in journalism. Normally writing takes me a very long time because I tend to overthink everything when I write. This time the words were flowing and I wrote my paper in two hours, which is not normal for me. This week for my project I decided to write my story in the style of journal entries. Like I mentioned before, writing is something I am not skilled at. This was sort of difficult me to do, but I was able to get something out.

Writing Practice

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I read someone's story this week but I can't quite remember whose it was, but I loved it. They added specific details in their story and their vocabulary was broader. Everything about it was intriguing and interesting. I want my writing to be more like this.
The biggest thing I have noticed about taking this class is that my other school writings have been much easier to write. Writing is like practicing anything else and getting better at it. In this class we just write which has made my writing in other classes easier to do.