Essays

December 6th, 2007

Last summer (2007), I took a writing class called “Writing from Life” (mentioned here). We wrote seven essays on various topics suggested by the instructor. I decided to post my essays here (rather than try to sell them, as the instructor encouraged). There will be two essays for each topic. The first one is the essay I submitted; the second one incorporates the comments I received from my instructor and classmates.

  1. A special event: I had just returned from a short trip to Fort Worth, TX, and decided to write about that.
    1. The initial version, which might sound a bit “obsessive” at the beginning, as well as a little disjointed. The instructor said she wanted to see more of me in the essay, and I think you’ll find that in the rewrite. (Everyone suggested dropping the bit about the GPS.)
    2. The edited version, which better explains why the play had special meaning for me.
  2. A special person. (coming soon)
  3. A food memory. (coming soonish)
  4. Foreign culture. (coming after that)
  5. Something scary. (And no, it’s not Supernatural!) (coming later)
  6. Faith. (coming even later)
  7. A special relationship. (coming after even later)

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