blog #10

I have definitely improved in writing CNF since the beginning of this course especially with opening up about my life. I have learned how to open up about the right things that will move a story along, rather then just putting all my thought on paper as if it were a diary. I have also learned that using your own way of describing a situation rather then using cliche words or phrases, really makes the story your own. I have learned the importance of explaining a moment with specifics because not doing so will not allow the reader to feel that moment just as you did and it will be nothing more than words on a paper for them. I see that in my drafts I am vague. However, I am now able to recognize this and fix it. I am now working on making the ordinary into extraordinary by trying to relate those specific moments to a bigger picture or idea.