In this course, our first formal assignment was to compose a personal memoir about a major life-choice. Below are the links to blog posts that assisted in my writing process for this assignment. Making connections and reflecting on those less significant choices helped me brainstorm ideas for my Life-Choice Memoir. They also got me to start analyzing the choices I’ve made in my life and how they reflected on my character. After I composed my first draft and then wrote my midterm reflection, I realized that there was a lot of room for improvement in my next draft.
Conjuring up a major life-choice was very difficult for me because I’m only 20 and haven’t had enough life experiences to pinpoint a specific choice that changed my course in life. The in-class free-write sessions and the questions on the back of the assignment sheet made a lightbulb turn on in my head. The life-choice I chose created an emotionally painful time for me so I had a hard time actually putting the words on paper. I put that event far away in the back of my mind so I could just forget it ever happened.
To get the work done, I had to keep telling myself “Just Do It!” because I kept putting it off but was never able to stop thinking about my topic. I’m proud of my final product because even though I was very reluctant to let anyone read it, I got a lot of constructive criticism from Professor Mangini and fellow classmates. I attempted to get creative and add a motif like Ernest Hemingway did in Hills Like White Elephants, then added more scenes instead of summarizing everything that happened. Hope you enjoy my final draft!
Conjuring up a major life-choice was very difficult for me because I’m only 20 and haven’t had enough life experiences to pinpoint a specific choice that changed my course in life. The in-class free-write sessions and the questions on the back of the assignment sheet made a lightbulb turn on in my head. The life-choice I chose created an emotionally painful time for me so I had a hard time actually putting the words on paper. I put that event far away in the back of my mind so I could just forget it ever happened.
To get the work done, I had to keep telling myself “Just Do It!” because I kept putting it off but was never able to stop thinking about my topic. I’m proud of my final product because even though I was very reluctant to let anyone read it, I got a lot of constructive criticism from Professor Mangini and fellow classmates. I attempted to get creative and add a motif like Ernest Hemingway did in Hills Like White Elephants, then added more scenes instead of summarizing everything that happened. Hope you enjoy my final draft!
Life-Choice Memoir Drafts:
- "Roller Coasters" - Draft #3
- "Roller Coasters" - Draft #2
- "Roller Coasters" - Draft #1