Month: September 2021

• Have you ever been guided toward these habits and experiences before? Have you developed/experienced them in other ways?

When I was younger, I have been guided towards several of the habits of mind. Curiosity and openness are two of the biggest one’s that I’m familiar with considering I’m still actively using them in my life. I still wonder about things in life and I utilized that experience in writing. On top of that, I utilized my openness in reading to branch out my interests. I used these to develop better strategies all together in writing so that I could excel in college-level writing.

• Write about what seems challenging in the Literacy Narrative assignment. What strategies can you employ to tackle these challenges? What questions remain or things are still unknown about this assignment?

Not gonna lie, this Literacy Narrative may be the death of me. There’s only so much one can write about how literacy impacted their life, and I seem to have gotten all my points across yet it still doesn’t seem like enough. As I’m writing the polished draft, I realized there’s not much else to add in terms of details; all I need to do is fix up the grammar and transitions to make it a more formal essay.

How would one define a story? Well you see, Maxwell and Dickman believe that “a story is a fact, wrapped in an emotion that compels us to take an action that transforms our world.” Adding on to their definition, a story is basically an all around experience. That experience, plus the emotions portrayed from that experience is what makes a story great. That goes for any story, regardless of the genre. In my opinion, the most important elements of a good story is having relatable characters. Without them, readers can’t fully immerse themselves into a story. Realistic characters who solve extraordinary, but believable problems make for the best stories. You see this with books like The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky or The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins. Readers around our age are able to relate to these characters’ personality traits and that’s what makes their books great.