In this blog I was able to look back on my narrative project and talk about how writing my project impacted me in different ways with my writing skills. I reflected on the process of my narrative project and different strategies in my writing. What is Fan Fiction -- and why is it making people nervous? (Stephen Downes), and Rewinding and Rewriting: The Alternate Universes in Our Head (Hidden Brain Podcast) helped me in writing this blog post.
Revising this draft helped me a lot with critiquing my product. The more I was able to revise a new draft I was able to see things I missed in the first time draft. It allowed me to look at my writing differently at a closer reading.
When I turned my writing into third person point-of-view I didn't change much else but it did allow me to see the words I used and change them to match the story better.
Writing the story in third person point-of-view allowed me to take a step outside of the story and allow me to picture the story in someone else's eyes. It allowed me to see where the story pulled your attention and where it needed improvement.
Writing the story in present tense brought back the feeling in the exact moment of when the story happened. It also made it hard to write in some ways since I experienced the story I saw I was leaving details out since I was picturing it in my head rather than through words so everyone else can picture it too.
Rewriting changing views showed me that some details I accidentally left out since I was picture the moment I forgot to put details in to allow to reader to picture the moment too.
Revising my story in different ways allowed me to help capture the moment through important details.
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The purpose of this blog is to look over and rewrite blog 5. As i rewrite this blog I also add more dialogue to help you understand more how I feel. Reading My Mother Gives Me a Writing Lesson helped me with blog 6.
Driving down the street with my windows down as the cold fall night wind blew outside. It was 11 o’clock and my gas tank light was blinking 10 miles till empty. I was exhausted after finishing a double shift at work and knew that home was only 3 miles and I could wait to fill my tank in the morning. Being as tired as I was i forgot about my plan to wait to fill my tank till the morning and found myself pulling into the gas station up the road from my house. As an owner of a fairly brand new drivers license I had only filled my tank a few times before. I pulled up and jumped out of the car. Realizing I had no cash I took out my debit card and quickly swiped it trying to hurry since I couldn’t wait to go home take a shower and go to bed. I removed the nozzle from the stand and began to place it into my gas tank realizing it wasn't fitting into it. As tired as I was I showed it into the gas tank and started to fill my car up. After about 5$ into filling my tank I looked down and took a good look to quickly realize that the nozzle was green which I had never seen before. I looked on the stand where I took the nozzle out and frantically saw that that type of gas was different then the usual gas and was labeled “Diesel”. I ripped it out of the tank and put it back on the stand. I started google what happens if you put diesel into a normal car tank and the answers that were popping up were not what I wanted to hear. I began to not feel tired anymore and now began to feel scared and nervous about what I had just done. Knowing how mad my parents would be after finding out how serious putting diesel into a normal gas tank was I resorting to my last option of calling my brother. “HELP”I screamed as he answered the phone. “Meet me at the gas station on Oak Ave! I put the wrong thing in my tank don’t tell dad just hurry!”. He arrived as soon as he could and warned me not to start my car since the diesel would run through the car and ruin the engine that quick. He proceeded to put my car into neutral without turning it on and pushing it to the side where luckily that part of the gas station was also an auto shop. I started to feel relieved that I didn’t ruin the car completely and could leave it overnight and call to get it looked at in the morning. “You got lucky this time! You need to be more careful and listen to yourself when you are tired next time.” he told me. Knowing I had no gas and had to work a double I should have made sure I had gas beforehand or waited till the next day but I know now for sure to make sure I always have gas and never wait till im too tired or last minute. After listening to the podcast What You Don't Know By Lulu Wang I was able to think about my own life and find a moment in my life where a choice I made negatively impacted me. In my post I compose a past scene in first person point of view.
Driving down the street with my windows down as the cold fall night wind blew outside. It was 11 o’clock and my gas tank light was blinking 10 miles till empty. I was exhausted after finishing a double shift at work and knew that home was only 3 miles and I could wait to fill my tank in the morning. Being as tired as I was i forgot about my plan to wait to fill my tank till the morning and found myself pulling into the gas station up the road from my house. As an owner of a fairly brand new drivers license I had only filled my tank a few times before. Realizing I had no cash I took out my debit card and quickly swiped it trying to hurry since I couldn’t wait to go home take a shower and go to bed. I removed the nozzle from the stand and began to place it into my gas tank realizing it wasn't fitting into it. As tired as I was I showed it into the gas tank and started to fill my car up. After about 5$ into filling my tank I looked down and took a good look to quickly realize that the nozzle was green which I had never seen before. I looked on the stand where I took the nozzle out and frantically saw that that type of gas was different then the usual gas and was labeled “Diesel”. I ripped it out of the tank and put it back on the stand. I started google what happens if you put diesel into a normal car tank and the answers that were popping up were not what I wanted to hear. I began to not feel tired anymore and now began to feel scared and nervous about what I had just done. Knowing how mad my parents would be after finding out how serious putting diesel into a normal gas tank was I resorting to my last option of calling my brother. He arrived as soon as he could and warned me not to start my car since the diesel would run through the car and ruin the engine that quick. He proceeded to put my car into neutral without turning it on and pushing it to the side where luckily that part of the gas station was also an auto shop. I started to feel relieved that I didn’t ruin the car completely and could leave it overnight and call to get it looked at in the morning. Knowing I had no gas and had to work a double I should have made sure I had gas beforehand or waited till the next day but I know now for sure to make sure I always have gas and never wait till im too tired or last minute.
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