Personal Essay
How did you choose your focus?
I chose skateboarding because of the affect it has had on my life and lifestyle. The essay was basically meant to be about the writer, and you can learn a lot about me based on my skating. Espeically when it is compared and contrasted with my past and present self.
How did you organize your essay?
I alternated between past and present representations of myself. Paragraph 1 would be myself in the past, the next would be the future, the next paragraph would be the past, etc.
Which parts of your composing process connected to experiences before the assignment?
I guess which events were more important, the past or the future ones...what note should I end on or start with, etc.
Did you use writing not specifically composed with this essay in mind?
No.
Did you use journal entries?
No.
How did you discover what you had to say?
From my initial paragraph I decided what I would focus the whole essay on. I didn't want what I had to say to come out in a blunt fashion either, so I had to be careful and use metaphors and other literary devices.
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