Dear Reader(s),
I must say, this has been one of the most challenging pieces of writing I have ever had to do. Most essays I write are academic ones that require 5 pages, 8 pages, 10 pages, and I have to struggle at times to fill those pages with meaningful words. Here, I’ve had to force myself to exclude as much as I possibly could in order to keep it at 2 pages max! The challenge was to restrict my thoughts and get to the point as quickly as possible without taking away from the significance of the story. I had to decide which sentences were truly important and which ones could be cut. In the end, several paragraphs were simply deleted before the draft was even finished.
As you swallow the words that my essay draft feeds you, try not to look for hidden meanings or multiple layers. For the most part everything is straightforward story telling, with solid, literal meaning. Perhaps I will incorporate some figurative language later on, but my purpose in writing this draft is to work out exactly what I want to say. Once that task is done I will dress up my words and make them look pretty and have them dance off the screen. In the meantime, take everything as you see it and let your thoughts be based on that. Please, enjoy!
