A Work In Progress By Connor Franta
A Work in Progress by Connor Franta is a 212 page non-fiction book written about his life experiences. In this book he tells the reader about growing up in Minnesota, moving to California, his childhood, his family, his friends, his high school experience, becoming a YouTuber, and much, much more. Connor starts the book by giving us a back story from when he was six years old, explaining a 5K. He says that his dad always had a camera with recording the running events and the family, and Connor thought it would be funny to put on a show in the camera for the people who were going to watch the video in the future. He said that his parents did not like it as much as he thought they would. Conner says he discovered YouTube in August of 2010 and
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He says that you should not let social media apps, like Twitter and Instagram, define how popular you are or where you stand on a popularity chart. Connor explains in high school how he always pretended that he did not have time for girlfriends, when he really just does not like girls in a loving way. He was questioning himself, and how this would affect him. In college Connor got not so great grades during freshman year, and he just did not really care. In sophomore he still was not very interested in college and what he was going to do, and he realized how much he wanted to be a YouTuber. He got a text from his YouTube friend Ricky Dillon one day asking if Connor wanted to come to California with him during the summer. Connor asked his parents and they said yes. He finished his sophomore year of college at St. John’s with much better grades, and he dropped out soon after. He flew to Florida to meet Ricky, and they drove across the country to get to California, saying he will never forget that trip. It took Connor a while to actually admit to himself that he was gay. When he finally did it and told his friends and family, he was relieved. It took over half a year to put it on YouTube or his viewers, and when he did, he got many positive
He says that you should not let social media apps, like Twitter and Instagram, define how popular you are or where you stand on a popularity chart. Connor explains in high school how he always pretended that he did not have time for girlfriends, when he really just does not like girls in a loving way. He was questioning himself, and how this would affect him. In college Connor got not so great grades during freshman year, and he just did not really care. In sophomore he still was not very interested in college and what he was going to do, and he realized how much he wanted to be a YouTuber. He got a text from his YouTube friend Ricky Dillon one day asking if Connor wanted to come to California with him during the summer. Connor asked his parents and they said yes. He finished his sophomore year of college at St. John’s with much better grades, and he dropped out soon after. He flew to Florida to meet Ricky, and they drove across the country to get to California, saying he will never forget that trip. It took Connor a while to actually admit to himself that he was gay. When he finally did it and told his friends and family, he was relieved. It took over half a year to put it on YouTube or his viewers, and when he did, he got many positive