For my hiraeth assignment, I turned to the help of my younger sister. My sister and I talk about almost anything and everything that crosses our minds. I personally feel that this was a good approach for the fact that she is always completely honest with me and does not hold back her opinions. I explained to her what a hiraeth is and we sat there reminiscing on stories of our past and how certain smells and songs remind us of the things we experienced as children. I think the most difficult part of my writing process was trying to remember the past as if it was a recent event. My past was not the best due to the many illnesses that ran throughout my family. I honestly struggled to find a topic to write about that was worthy enough to want to return to it. To overcome this obstacle, I took a look back at pictures from my past to try and conjure up some emotions and remember a good time from my past in which I would not mind to return to at least one more time. I wrote this project in my room late at night, hours before it was due. This however was a horrible approach because I was tired and it stressed me out which caused me to have a horrible night’s sleep. Also, choosing to right this in my room made me even more tired because I wrote my hiraeth while sitting on my bed. I wrote this project because I had some sort of emotionally connection to the story. It was that type of past where I find joy in writing, or even talking about it. I will revise my writing process by doing my assignments in a timelier manner so that I can actually review and revise my work instead of posting shitty drafts. I feel if I actually stick to my methods that I posted about becoming a better writer, I could actually do well on this assignment. However, the first step is actually getting the motivation to do it.
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Sabatino
9/30/2016 08:11:01 am
Thanks for proving personal details about your writing process. I appreciate the honesty in this reflection. I am confident you will problem-solve and continue to strengthen your writing processes and products.
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Liz
11/20/2016 05:32:57 am
Your blog posts are enjoyable to me. you seem like an intelligent, honest, and driven student. Good luck in your college career. Seems to me that you'll do well :)
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Alina WesolowskiI am a current freshman student at DCCC who is looking to further my education and advance my writing abilities. Archives
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