After reviewing My Mother Gives Me a Writing Lesson by Martin Lee, I got to understand and see what I can improve in my last blog post Composing a Past scene. In this blog, I will make sure to give more description and background knowledge to strengthen my scene.
On Friday, December 18, 2016, Thoughts in my head.......Exhausted and tired is not the word. School can be so draining but that’s not the only thing that’s bugging me. I just hated going home sometimes because either I was arguing with my mom or my mom was arguing with my dad. 1 year ago when I used to stay at school late because i enjoyed spending time with my friends then going home. My mom picked me up from school and drive by a house. I said, “that’s a nice house." She said, “do you like it?" I'm just thinking in my head, why is this lady asking me this? I just said "yeah, why." She parked the car and explained to me how her and dad were getting a divorce. She said, “I meant to tell you this a long time ago but your dad and I are not happy anymore. We can still be civil but I can't do this anymore. I can't deal with the arguing and fighting and I give up. The house that I showed you was up for sale and I wanted to know if you like it." I said, "We already have a home, why would we move?" She said, "I can't live in that house anymore, if I stay there then I would go crazy." I was just sitting in the car thinking and trying to process everything. In my head, really wasn't shocked at what she was saying because some couples are meant to be and others are not. I been through this road before with my birth dad and he was never really in the picture even though we still kept in communication but my stepdad was in the picture since I was 2. It was only my sister and I so; of course I had to go live with my mom. I said, “A lot of things are going to change.” She just said “I know, all I want you to do is focus on your education because that’s what really matters right now.” I just said, “Okay.”
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For this blog post, I have read Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway. I really like this story because it's not like other stories that give the information to you right away, you have to search for clues. I'm going to be writing about a scene and it has something to do with school.
On a rainy night, I sit down and look at a square object that's in front of me. So many work that I have to do but I just keep staring at the white object. I distract myself by listening to music, and then I come back to this square object to gather ideas. I distract myself again by grabbing something to eat and getting on Instagram. Then I decided to wash my hair because I thought that was the perfect time. After that, I called some friends and talked about nonsense. One thing I start noticing is that I get distracted easily and I still haven't done any work yet. I sat down once again looking at the square object and I realize that I had 2 hours to get everything done for 3 classes. I was so frustrating but then I realize that I still got time to do my work. 1 hour and 45 minutes later.... I finished my work on this square object. Without this, who knows how my work can be done. I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene. -Grandma Moses In this Blog, I read 3 articles written by Lee Gutkind, Lee Martin, and Maya Angelou and I'm going to compose a scene about my present life.
On a beautiful cloudy day, Sitting in the car on my way to school, my mom told me, "My daughter, you are beautiful and only you can make yourself sad, only you can put yourself in a bad situation, only you can bring your own downfall. Just be careful with the choices that you made because they have consequences." I was just looking at my mom and I ask, "what made you want to tell me this?" You know what she said, "she just felt like preaching." I laughed and said "Okay." Its really crazy what you can take from at 30 minute car ride conversation. When I arrived to school, I got out the car and I was just thinking about my life at 20 years old. I was just thinking,"How will I end up in 5 years. Will I end up being a bum? Will I be famous? Will i be a still person ? Will I succeed in a higher education then my parents?" All these thoughts filling my head while I'm walking to class. It's crazy how I'm still young as ever, thinking about life when I have to realize that I have time. I have time to get what I want done but I have to be patience. |
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