John Wayne a love song

The other day me and my boyfriend were watching a movie called "criminal" this movie was about a man who was being robbed in the middle of the night by an intruder in his house. He chased the inturder out of his house and then hit him in the head with a baseball bat and killed him. Then he went to jail for murder. While in the jail he was beaten by guards and the guards would set up fights between inmates. They would have to fight to the death or be shot at by the guards. Then after this happened the guards would erase the tapes. This made me realize that there are MANY corrupt guards and police officials in this world. There are people who seem to be morally correct but they are not. Trust no one and always strive to find the truth.

Day one, the shitty first drafts post

This reading made me think about what it takes to write good literature and stories. Being that I am an Engineering major I have never taken any interest or enjoyed writing. My brain has always been more geared toward math and science. I have always excelled in math and science classes and barely screaped by with a C in my english courses. While I thought all my writing was shitty now I see that only my first drafts were shitty. I dont think I ever cared enough to even make a second draft. Now I see that I must always make a second and third draft and I must keep revising forever. Maybe I should stop giving excuses about how im bad at writing and I should realize that no one is really "good" at it. The only reason their writing is better than mine is because they put more effort and time into it. Like all things in life im realizing that in order to be good at anything it takes hard work and dedication. And the sooner that everyone learns that the better off they will be for the rest of their lives. Thank you Anne Lamott for giving me the confidence to take on writing as a learning experience rather than a torture technique.


To be honest my writing style is very childish. I do not use many advance words or add a lot of creativity. As I mentioned in the paragraph above writing is not my forte. When I am assigned a writing task I usually try to get it done as soon as possible so I can get the experience over with and not have it haunting my daily schedule. I am a very busy person with a full time rigorous school schedule and a part time job with a boyfriend and an apartment to take care of. I simply do not have the time to sit down and get in dept with writing. I have no problem however writing in this class inorder to get a good grade and better my writing skillls. Maybe I just need some kind of fabulous event to change my perspective on writing and get me to enjoy it more. Either way I guess I must learn how to write effectively and efficiently to become a well rounded person and get ahead in life. No one wants to hire someone who is good at math and science but cant write an essay to save their life.


My writing is a caterpiller. It starts out small and ugly but after many days of work and transformation it turns into something beautiful. I know I have the potential to become a good writer, but there is a lot of work that comes with it. After all the revisions and edits I would like to believe that my writing is even enjoyable to others. I know my writing transforms because it is easy to go through the necessary steps to get it to that point. The sloppy first draft that just pours out. The careful second draft that I have my friends and family read and critique. And the perfect third draft complete with spell check and all.