Cover Letters for Writings

This page covers various writings I have written:

1. The Narrative
2. Once Upon A Time
3. Spooky Story Starters
4. Conversation Starters
5. Where I’m From Poem

 The Narrative

 The Narrative was written using various steps and ideas as at first we were given time in class to interview the student who we were writing about, and the first person that I interviewed happened to quit the class, therefore I had to interview another student. The particular subject to write a narrative about was at the decision of the person that we interviewed, and I feel that it was not that easy of a subject to write about compared to the first person’s subject, so I had to put a lot of thought into the subject itself. The subject titled “The Birth of My Niece” did require brainstorming or mind-storming, for I would write my ideas down on a piece of paper in the form of notes as I was going, thinking or brainstorming on the subject. The inspiration came from the fact  that I have a few nieces, and am a niece as well. I did not get any help with writing the narrative, but I did go online and check out how to write a narrative, and was able to download a form, that had the proper format for a narrative on it. I really started by brainstorming about the different issues of being a niece, then I wrote a series of questions to ask the person that I had interviewed, and when I went to class the next time, I asked the questions that I had written down, and from there I was able to put the writing into something meaningful. I got stuck in the middle part of the writing piece as I was unsure how to proceed, therefore I decided to ask more questions in regards to the baby shower, how the family felt and finally the birth, and by doing that I was able to write the ending of the story.

The writing is meaningful to me as first of all, it is a piece of my work, and what I consider to be proper for the subject, it has special meaning because I am a aunt, and I could identify with the feelings being expressed to me by the person I interviewed. I do feel the writing is clearly organized, as I tried to make sure that it had the beginning, middle and ending story as well as what the person I interviewed learned from the birth of her niece. I do feel that the grammar and spelling are clear enough that a reader will be able to understand the meaning, and I do feel that I was able to develop and explain my ideas in a clear and concise manner. If I continued to work on the piece I believe I would of got more in depth on the issues associated with not being able to become pregnant, especially with medical expertise these days, but given the time, and the interviewer not knowing everything, what I wrote was the best that I could do.

 

Once Upon A Time

The steps that I took to write “Once Upon A Time” was that we were given an assignment in class to write a story on the title given which was once upon a time, and then we played musical chairs in class, where periodically during the course of writing the professor would tell us to switch chairs, then the next person would proceed with the story. We did this musical chairs approximately five time, therefore five students were able to add to the story that I had started, and the end result was the fact that the story ended up totally different from what I originally started, and some of the additions were points of views that I had not considered, so the outcome was both positive and negative, because the ending of the story did not make any sense, and I had to completely rewrite the whole story. I started by brainstorming the old story and pulling out the information from the musical chairs version that was meaningful, and the inspiration came from the different versions of the stories created. As I started writing all of a sudden a idea hit me, and I just started writing out the idea on the subject of the little old lady wanting a little bunny to keep her company. What helped me as I was writing the story was the fact that I had just learned about continental rabbits, and how massive in size they could get, therefore I decided to write about bunnies becoming continental rabbits. What I thought about as I was writing the piece of the bunnies was the fact that they were going to become massive in size, and that this little old lady thought they were going to be small bunnies.

The writing is meaningful to me as after hearing about these rabbits, I kept thinking about them and wondered how someone would raise such a large rabbit, and if they did make good pets. The writing shows my thinking on the subject, and I was able to describe their sizes, eating habits, and the fact that they even exist. I was able to develop and explain my ideas, but at first it was difficult because at first I just wrote everything down, then I had to think about what I had written, and finally I was able to construct the subject into a story. The grammar and spelling are clear enough so that the reader would be able to read and understand what the meaning of the story is about.

 

Spooky Story Starters

Spooky Story Starters was written as part of a writing assignment in which the Professor handed us a slip of paper and the slip of paper I was handed had “Spooky Story Starters, and the scientist cautiously peered into the wooden crate, unsure of the otherworldly sounds coming from within it” written on it. The inspiration to write Spooky Story Starters came from the fact that I had been thinking and attempting to write a spooky story prior to being given the assignment, therefore I was able to just sit and write the complete story during class time, and handed the completed story to the Professor prior to leaving class that day. I did need to brain storm the previous scary story I was attempting to write, and would start the story and then put it aside, then I would insert scary pictures in the story, and write more. What I thought about when I worked on this writing was an old house, all creepy looking with lots of fog, located way on top of a hill like in the movies of a spooky story. During the time I wrote the story I was surprised at how fast I was able to complete the finished piece, and then thought there must be mistakes, therefore I went back and relooked at the story once I got home, made some corrections, and was pleased with the results.

The writing is meaningful to me as I had interest in writing a spooky story, and will attempt to write another spooky story with pictures, or a background scene to make the writing more meaningful. The writing does show my thinking on the subject as in order to write anything spooky you really need to put thought into the writing to bring out the creepy part of the story, or in order to make the story appear to be scary. I was able to develop and explain my ideas, and was successful at including; “The scientist cautiously peered into the wooden crate, unsure of the otherworldly sounds coming from within it” into the story and I feel this really added to the story. If I continued to work on the story then I would add a scary background scene, or scary picture of the old creepy house way on top of the hill.  I am pleased with the outcome of the story as I feel the story ended better than I thought, and found that it was fun to write a spooky story, and that you can really let your imagination go with a scary story.

 

Conversation Starters

“The Mail Carrier And The Dog”

The story about the mail carrier and the dog started with the professor handing us a piece of paper, as each person’s paper had something different written on it. My piece of paper had written on it “The Mail Carrier and The Dog.” Needless to say this story has not been that easy to write , therefore I had to brainstorm a lot just to get a paragraph written. The areas that were hard about this story or where I got stuck, was when the dog needed to talk, and “Woff-Woff” just is not a talking dog, so the inspiration came from thinking about the TV series “Mr. Ed” the talking horse. After I thought about Mr. Ed talking, then I was able to make the dog speak. I was able to relate Mr. Ed to the dog, and that helped me get the dog to talk. I did not get any help with this story, as I just wrote out my thoughts, and when I get stuck I would put the writing aside, and brainstorm further, or I may continue writing and try and think of new ideas.

The finished piece on conversation starters is meaningful to me, as we all have mail men, and many of us have dogs, so I could relate to this actually happening. I do believe that the writing shows my thinking on the topic, because it was almost next to impossible to think about how to get the dog to talk, and then involve others, the crown. What I am most pleased with is the fact that the dog is talking, it demonstrates his personality, and then there is a conversation between the mail carrier and the stray dog. I feel I was able to develop the story in a meaningful way, and explain my ideas accurately. My thinking and the writing grew while trying to get the dog to talk, this actually added to the story, and then I added the crowd, therefore others got involved.

 

“Where I’m From” Poem

The steps that I took to write the poem “Where I’m From” was that when we were first given the assignment to write a poem, we were given a template to fill in the blanks, and from that we would be able to create a poem. The first poem that I wrote had to be re-written as the first one was not completely a poem, I had to brainstorm a lot, on the first poem, in order to take the story part out of the poem and just have a poem left. The inspiration came from thinking about a different avenues to take in regards to answering the questions, because at first my answers were just that “answers”, and no thought into them as far as smelling the flowers, etc. I did not get help with writing the poem, except for the professor asking me “what did the flowers smell like? or how did the trees look?” then it hit me, how to create a more appealing poem. I did read and re-read the poem to myself, as I was trying to make sure it sounded right.

The poem is meaningful to me as the template given were answers in regards to my family, about our religion, family traits, etc. I feel the poem is clearly organized with each group of questions answered in the right order, and I was able to develop and explain my ideas enough so that a reader would be able to understand what is being said. I am very pleased with the poem, especially the part about the hero’s of the family, because it is not everyday that you are able to tell the story about a war situation in which someone was hit by a missile, or another person became a prisoner of war, as they are real life situations, and could of ended up in a tragedy. My thinking grew and changed as I was writing the poem, because at first I had a completely different poem written, then I re-wrote the complete poem to have more meaning, and express the five senses as best as possible.