Sunday, December 10, 2006. By writing the essay, I was also able to release my feelings and finding a home for them. That it can open wounds and sew them shut. This is the beginning of a journey that will open myself and realize that it is okay to be who I am. Sunday, December 03, 2006.

Monday, December 11, 2006. I wrote this personal essay on the night when I met my boyfriend and realized a friend of mine was nothing more than a selfish human being. In this essay, I expressed some emotions about this night and I also realized I was better off without her. The stage of writing I was in I was still learning how to express emotions without over doing it. I knew that the assignment wanted a personal experience and that is what exactly the class and Dr. Chandler were going to receive.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006. What do we want to do with these blogs, anyway? In class we talked about blogging and commenting. I observed that the blogs have not really taken off yet in terms of you using them for your own purposes to develop writing and to connect to each other, and help each other out with the assignments. So we decided to continue with this experiment, and I said I would take this discussion into consideration as I grade. So what do you think? Drafting your Personal Essay.

Monday, December 04, 2006. I figured using a focus like this would help me get past my issue with how writing the essay.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006. I already know what meal I want to cook. I try to make a mental checklist of the ingredients I need but would have to refer to the recipe. Writing is much the same. But what was my focus? I still had no shopping list for my essay. I chose the meal but had many recipes from which to choose. As I drafted my essay, I decided to create a travel.

Monday, December 11, 2006. After this lesson and activity that my professor did with my class, she assigned us to write both a personal essay and memoir. I would later have to pick one of the two to polish and submit for a grade. Tuesday, December 05, 2006. What piece to use for the reflective essay? She convert.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006. Monday, December 04, 2006. A suitable opening for the focus is and always has been a problem for me.

Monday, December 11, 2006. I was handed an assignment to write a nature essay. Afraid I was of the thought of having to write something on nature. I had no experience in writing such an essay. After much needed time to write about my subject matter, I thought that I would write on the season. I am not sure if the way that I wrote it is correct. Monday, December 04, 2006. Describe a point were you got stuck. I learned a lot .