Writing my Narrative (Process Writing)

How did you get started? I started writing this paper trying to think of something that would make my readers really be interested in my paper. So since reading a suspenseful. So I picked the scariest moment I could think of from my childhood.

What was going on for you as you were doing the writing? I was thinking about when the situation actually happened. I laughed during some parts of it thinking about how silly we were. Then I was asking myself questions, wondering about what actually happened. I started trying to find out about the house and seeing if I could find something about the man who died there. Unfortunately, that was a dead end. Did you feel again any of the emotions you were describing? Even though they were very faint I could feel some of what I was feeling that night. Could you see mental pictures of people and scenes? Yes, I was seeing the whole scene in my head like a movie. It really was weird how much I remembered. What didn’t you get on paper? I don't think there was anything I didn't get on paper. Did you remember things you didn’t know you knew? I have never forgot this incident. It was both scary and funny at the same time.

Compare what happened for you in the last unit where we emphasized intuition and instinct (“Don’t think about words, just see what you are describing”) and what happened for you in this unit where we gave more emphasis to conscious awareness “”Think about point of view, significance, and structure.”)

· Point of view.Were you conscious of choosing (or changing) point of view, or did it take care of itself? I think it took care of itself. Did it change or get fuzzy? This memory was very clear and concise. Why do you think this happened? I really don't know why this was as clear as it was. It wasn't life changing it was just the most interesting thing I could think of.

· Structure.Were you conscious of choosing (or changing) the structure, or did the story seem to shape itself? The story shaped itself for the most part. I really didn't make changes or alter this paper in anyway to make it seem more interesting. I just wrote about what happened. What aspect of structure caused you the greatest difficulty: the beginning, middle, or end? Getting this paper started was the hardest part. I didn't know what I was going to write about. When I got started, however, it just came together. What can you learn from the structural changes you made—or would make if you were to revise? I am not sure how I would change this paper at this point. As I read over it and make my revisions on it I am sure more things will come to me to add and remove from the paper.

· Significance.Did you know the “point” of your story before you wrote it? Once I decided what the paper was going to be about I knew what the whole point of the story would be. Did anyone see a meaning that you hadn’t seen before but which made you say, “Yes, I guess I was ‘meaning’ that without realizing it”? There was a part where I was talking about my mother and how she sleeps, when Lionel read it it kind of confused him because my mother did not wake up even when I called her name. In the paper I told about how she was a light sleeper.