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Lesson 5 Exercise 2 Descriptive Scene: Shock 3 My Night of Shocks: The Night from Hell Mama took my stepfather’s explanation, told me to leave her house, not allowing me to call my uncle to come get me, having my … Continue reading →

Lesson 5 Exercise 1 Key Scenes The Beginning of the End: A Night of Shocks Shock 1:  Having survived the horrendous assault by my evil stepfather Dear God, please help me, please get me home safely, were the thoughts running … Continue reading →

Lesson 4 Exercise 1 Conflicts: External                                                                                            Distance from Mobile, Alabama >>>>Washington, D.C.                           I remained at parents’ home; he was deployed to Washington, D.C Was difficult; we had only had four weeks together since meeting and now were facing long-distance relationship. … Continue reading →

Exercise 5: What was going on in your neighborhood, your town, your country, and the world during this time period you’ve decided to write about? Vietnam War According to “Timeline of the Vietnam War (1962)Military Wiki” The summer of 1962 … Continue reading →

One particular night stands out above all the others. Standing on the grounds of Syracuse University Observatory under a Weeping Willow Tree, stars shinning brightly, faint warm breeze blowing-stars seem to be twinkling even brighter. It is a warm July … Continue reading →

Lesson 3 Exercise 1 Come up with at least 5 details about your childhood room: Would rather not, but here goes. Happy and fun when shared with my little sister. We accidently kicked out the bedroom window Yikes, when we … Continue reading →

Lesson 2Exercise 3Topic chosen to write about first?Special song to take me “back to that special time”“Sealed with a Kiss”Topic automatically focused more attention on ?Love at First Sight:*Blind date*Handsome Yankee Airman*”Tee Hee” from my best friend in the front … Continue reading →

So I have decided on my subject matter for my first memoir and have written the first 4 chapters. Some honest feedback would be appreciated. I started to write this as I kept my friends in such amusement as I … Continue reading →

What Do Writers Do When They Cannot Sleep? What do we do with all those thoughts that seem to be rushing through our minds? Tossing and turning, even counting sheep, try as we will, we cannot sleep. Thinking about characters, … Continue reading →

I always felt that there is a difference in my mentality and the mentality of most of the people who are around me. In other words, I felt that I am a combination of both an eastern and western culture. … Continue reading →