As a past MySpace member, occasional Twitterer, and frequent Facebook user, it’s sort of odd that this is my first ever blog post. I recently began an Advanced Writing II class and blogging is one the requirements. Just about everything except joy and excitement went through my head as my English teacher told us about this assignment, or more like assignments. I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have joined this website, or even considered creating a blog if it weren’t for classes like this. In fact, when I took the first college level English class a bit of blogging was one of the requirements. Let’s just say, that never made it to the top of my “homework” priority list.
So far, coming up with 300 words hasn’t been the easiest. Whether what I am typing has full meaning, or I am creating complete bs, I don’t think that this blogging thing is going to be something I can finish in an hour. I won’t lie, the distractions and environment surrounding me does have an impact on the time it is taking. It’s impossible to count the amount of times I’ve had to check my Facebook account for any notifications, or my phone for any text messages. Not to mention my 1 year old sister screaming as one of her movies “Over the Hedge” plays. I can’t imagine how many times I’ve seen this movie considering there is a child’s movie playing on our TV just about 24/7.
Hopefully, once I get my text book for my English class actually open and read, I will have more to blog about. Reading the stories and learning more writing techniques should help me come up with a few opinions at least. Fortunately, I am somewhat eager to make a comment or two on my friend’s blogs. Now that my word count says 308, I’ve successfully completed the 300 word requirement for my 1st blog. Yay!
The reason that coming up with 300 words for this was a bit tricky is simple: as an intro, there's not a lot to say. There's no clear thesis other than "Hi. I'm here." And with that as your purpose, you're doing fine. You seem to be a good writer and you clearly have a strong sense of voice and structure, so I suspect you'll find it much easier when you're responding to an article. Good job--now write one based on a reading.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you to the fullest my friend! Why blog? Couldn't we all just have done something on facebook? Maybe even twitter. I even would have written individual letters to everybody by penciil and paper.
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