Writing my personal narrative was very difficult. At first I couldn’t think of anything that would be meaningful or that I thought really made a difference in my life. I thought about girls I liked, people I met, but none of them made a compelling story. Then I remembered a seminary lesson I had. I was telling a story about a story, so it ended up being a story within a story. This made the paper seem like inception. It was hard to help the reader keep track of which level they were in and what was going on in the other level. The advantage to using this technique however was making it easier to get my point across and to give the meaning more depth. I was able to have many different things that changed my life portrayed in my writing. I wrote about the value of life as well as the sacrifices that others have given us, because these topics are very broad it was difficult to form them into concise thoughts and meaningful comments. The situation that I was in is what made the lesson more meaningful to me, and it was hard to portray that to the reader so I took extra time trying to explain that. I sure hope it all made sense, because it made sense to me. Then again, I wrote it so it is hard to tell what really makes sense.
Maybe it’s just me, but that sounds like a hard way to write a story. I would probably confuse myself. Nevertheless, a story within a story would probably be interesting to read. I had many of the same roadblocks that you had. When I began, I found it hard to find a strong topic. I had a few ideas, but I was not sure if I could write six pages about any one of them without making them completely cheesy and predictable. I also had a hard time knowing if what I was trying to convey with the reader, for my message, made sense. I’m just ready to see my score.
ReplyDeletewow sounds like quite the story! inception... hate the movie by the way haha. i think to fully understand what you were even talking about i would have to read the paper... but it sounds really confusing. how did you organize all of those things? im sure it ended great though. although my story wasnt quite as complex as yours i still had a hard time to make sure what i was saying was worth wile and meaningful to the reader. im so nervous and excited to see my score too. i guess that will tell us if we did it all right haha. looking forward to bloggingggg! haha
ReplyDeleteI am lucky; I knew what I could write about the second she brought it up. I know what it is like to not know what it is like to not know what to write about though. That is me most of the time. Well, I didn't read your personal narrative, but it sounds interesting, but I could see that you would have to try really hard to keep your reader with you. When I write papers that are cleaver but hard to follow, it is sometimes a gamble. Ether the reader will follow along and get what I am saying, or they will be totally confused and think I am an awful writer. Well I hope you get the grade you want and I'll see you on this blog for the next while.
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