One of Stephen King’s strongest beliefs in On Writing was that the best way to write was to follow the method of writing with the door closed. King did not mean that quite literally—writing with a closed door is not a sure-fire way to write the country’s next bestseller—but rather that the best way to write is to do so without seeking out reader response while still drafting. In the words of his mentor‚ “when you write a story‚ you’re telling yourself the story” (King 57). How is someone supposed
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Marie Widmeier 9/23/3013 Professor Paige Constantino Life Is What You Make It The sound of music often serves as the backdrop of almost everything in life‚ where certain songs resonate bittersweet memories. As I express my feelings through music‚ it is evident that some songs hold much more meaning. We can all believe in a song to express our feelings‚ and that’s how I experienced and processed many of life’s changes. Some were sad and others were happy; in the end‚ I found that all I have
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What could you live without? Walking down the hallway‚ I was thinking about the topic “What could you live without” and I couldn’t think of many things. Things that we used in our life basically charge an important role of a human society. For example‚ foods‚ water‚ shelter‚ smart phone‚ clothes‚ computers and etc. As I was reading “What could you live without?” by Nicholas Kristof‚ it prompted a lot of ideas. I looked around my house and all the stuffs that I have is the stuff that we need it
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your mistakes.” A saying that is heard quite often. It’s said to children who have committed their first mistake‚ embedding it in their minds from an early age that it’s okay to make a mistake. As one grows older that same saying is repeated as many times as needed. When one is a child it is encouraged to learn from the mistakes made‚ but for an adult or adolescents at times‚ making any type of mistake become prohibited. In the passage of Medusa and the Snail‚ Lewis Thomas states that mistakes are
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Ever since I was young‚ writing has never been my strong point. I never divulged into the writing process as much as I have completed for this particular course called writing 101. The reason being‚ English was never my first spoken or written language. I am comfortable with speaking the English language however writing correctly and adhering to the writing process has always been a challenge for me. For once‚ I never had a clear idea of structuring an essay to reach a valid point. Without structural
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People make mistakes in life just like the narrator in the story “The Black Cat.” He has done two of the worst mistakes in his life drinking and killing his cat. The sitting is in the narrator’s house. The main conflict is that the narrator kills his chat because he has a problem with drinking. In “The Black Cat”‚ Edgar Allan Poe used drinking as a symbol of evil. Drinking is not the best choice. When someone drinks alcohol they act like someone else‚ just like in the story. “Suddenly‚ I was
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org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken
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My Biggest Mistake This story is about the biggest I have ever done. I was 17 years old at that time and had had four birds since I was 10 years old. By the time I turned 17‚ my parents decided to immigrate to the United States. I had had only 15 days before I flew to Vienna. I loved my birds which I wanted to bring with me. I searched about how I could bring my birds to another country before doing something wrong. I found a veterinarian surgeon who could take care of my birds’ problem
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are miles from the beach. Sammy was in the middle of ringing up an older ladies‚ when Sammy made a mistake while he was distracted by the three girls the older lady freaked out. One of the girls‚ chubby wearing a checkered bathing suit first catches his eye. He then notices the one who is leading the pack of girls. He refers to her as "Queenie". She leads the group of girls around the store with her in a very confidence and poise posture. The three girls prance around the store‚ to customers jaw opening
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I believe that "tomorrow is a new day with no new mistakes in it yet" - Anne of Green Gables. I have always liked this quote because despite the fact that Anne Shirley‚ the main character in Anne of Green Gables‚ makes countless mistakes‚ she never stops trying. I remember the first time I heard this quote. I was snuggled in my bed‚ listening to my mom read to me what would soon turn out to be my favorite book of all time. This quote resonated with me as soon as my mother read it aloud. The quote
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