This blog features my reflection about my Life-Choice Memoir that I am currently writing. Included below is my process of writing and how it has helped or inhibited me over the last few weeks. The video Reflective Writing helped me realize that by reflecting on my writing, I will become a better writer and make good revisions to my memoir.
Who did you work with to compose your life-choice memoir? Was this a good approach? To compose my life-choice memoir, I did not really work with anyone. For some reason, I am very private about personal writing and do not like to share it unless it is really good work. I did discuss some ideas with my boyfriend about what to write. He came up with some life-choices that I made, but they weren’t choices I was very passionate about and that I felt I could write about. While I do not like people reading my unrevised work, I think I should allow more people to read what I have. They can give me good feedback and tell me where I can improve in my writing. What rhetorical mode and genre are you using? For this formal assignment, the rhetorical mode is narration and genre is creative non-fiction. I am writing a true story about myself and incorporating description so that the audience can visualize what I experienced. When did you write this project? Good approach? I usually write in the morning or in the early afternoon on weekends. For the most part, my head is clearer and more focused at this time. Also, during my lunch break in between classes on Mondays and Wednesdays I find time to write. I think this is a good approach because my writing is better during these time periods and I am more efficient compared to doing it late at night. Where did you write this project? Good approach? The first draft I wrote was in various places throughout my house such as my kitchen or bedroom. However, since I am one of eight children this might not have been the best approach because it was hard to concentrate in my busy household. However, I did not really like the topic of my first draft and ended up changing it. My second draft I wrote at my boyfriend’s house while he was cooking dinner. I think this was a better approach because it was quieter and my writing flowed better in this environment. Why did you choose to write about your chosen topic? Good choice? Choosing my topic was very difficult because I felt like I had a lot of potential options. Originally, I was expanding on my personal narrative from my fifth blog, “Life-Choice: Should I Stay or Should I Go?”. It was about a friendship I decided to break off because it was toxic and causing me a lot of pain emotionally. There were some high stakes since we were both part of a large friend group and I knew that if I ended things with her, I’d have to leave the whole group to not make things awkward. I wrote 1000 words for it and I did not like it at all. I thought it was kind of boring and I could not get a decent amount of description from it. Therefore, I began brainstorming for new ideas and decided to write about the time where I decided I did not want to go to nursing school. There were high stakes involved because I had already applied to many colleges and I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. It was a very stressful time and there was a lot of pressure when I made that decision. I remember the day I made my decision very distinctly and when I started to write it, the story turned out so much better and more descriptive compared to my first draft. How did it feel to write this narrative ("during, after, and since")? Do you have any "if only" moments that can help you revise the draft? While writing the new version of my narrative, I felt really good about the work I was producing. My writing seemed much more descriptive and the words came easily to me which was an amazing feeling. I’m not quite done yet since I had to start over, but I definitely need to work on how I want to incorporate my “telling” moments and what kind of background I want to give to the story. How will you revise your narrative? As stated in my previous answer, I’m not done with my draft yet because I changed my topic. However, from what I have, I would like to add more description and start writing my “telling” moments. I want to make the reader be able to picture what I was seeing through my scenes and understand the choice that I made by not going to nursing school.
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