The first question that I am going to choose is number 2.
2. Choose one of your posts. (Your favorite? Your least favorite? The one that surprises you the most when you reread it? Any one you want to pick.) Analyze it in detail, with quotes etc. And link to it, of course!
My favorite blog(s) of all time during this year was Fanime Part One and Fanime Part Two. These two blogs are in a pair of two. I really like these two blog posts because it shows what I enjoy most and these blog posts also help give others some advice. So it's fun and helpful. On the first blog, Fanime Part One, it gives the main information on Fanime, and how it works. Part One also includes some information on cosplay and four advices that continue onto the next part of Fanime. In the next part, Fanime Part Two, the advice was continued starting at five, and I think it ended on five. Fanime Part Two also includes my first day there which was after school on Friday. It showed my new experiences and how I met people from AHS that Ihave never seen before. Rereading this blog post brings back a lot of memories about my past and also what new things I missed from not going to this current years Fanime 2010. Sigh. But that's okay I still have a lot more years to go. I can't wait for next year we're going have a lot of fun! I like a lot others of my blogs but those two bring back a lot of memories for me. They mean a lot to me since I have really bad memory about my past.
7. What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? How do you tend to get unstuck? Notice any patterns?
Writer's block is part of life, you get stuck... you get unstuck, then get stuck again. The struggles from writer's block can be crazy and horrible, but besides of sitting there and do nothing for the longest time, might as well work on something else. Go do your math homework or something. Or maybe write another story. But don't let the horror of writer's block stop you from enjoying writing. I tend to get stuck because you don't know exactly how you're going to write about it or you don't have anything else to talk about. For example, right now I'm writing this semester final and I'm getting writer's block by writing about writer's block. Patterns in writer's block is one you start you won't be finishing the same night as you start it. That is the only pattern that I have noticed during my writer's block.
An example of writer's block is the time when I took creative writing and we wrote every single day we were in class. Even though it was a class for writing and people who had great imagination, a lot of people in that class had a lot of problems for stories, poem, etc. But that class helps you improve in your English and also your writing skills. In the beginning I was always stuck until my teacher showed us a secret which was, work on something else while you're on writer's block. It really did work but it also helps with the procrastination. That strategy lasted me for the rest of the year, but after summer, everything went crashing down like crazy. Sigh. I miss that class. But I will never take another creative writing class, because it's just too much writing for me. Writer's block is not a fun thing to experience but it's part of life.
8: How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
I really like having a blog because I get to share my experiences and whatnot to people around the world, and they won't know who I am. I can show my feelings on the blog post and those people still won't know who I am. This blog keeps my image a secret and also my identity a secret. That is a good thing. The only people who knows who this blog post is from are my friends, the people I share it with, and my classmates who has Sutherland for English. Blogging changed my life dramatically, it helped me somewhat improve in writing, and also helped me be more social with people around me.
This blog has made me think differently about writing. Writing has changed me greatly and it also helped me understanding some people around me. For example, when I asked my friend Nathan Tieu to write about a friend and he chose me, I figured out that he didn't really know me except for a few concepts here are quotes from my blog and a few from his blog to me.
Nathan Tieu was born on January 9, 1994. His family consists of an older sister, an older brother, and, of course, his parents. Nathan HAD pets, but they only lasted for a couple of weeks. His pets were mostly goldfishes and miniature turtles. Nathan had three turtles but one passed away and the other two were saved by Petco. Tieu thinks that his older brother had a hamster, but unfortunately it ran away. Of all important diseases or illnesses, Nathan Tieu had never had the chicken pox. He's going to be in trouble when he gets it in the future.
And this is the basics that Nathan knows about me.
Well lets stop talking about how I met Annly, lets just talk all about her. So umm... well she likes anime A LOT and also badminton. She's a fierce competitor in badminton, so you better watch out, cause she will destroy you :D She love anime and Korean bands like the BigBang even making a blog about it(http://auncia94.blogspot.com/2009/11/bigbangparttwo.html). She likes to tell scary stories on her free time, mostly all gory and killing (cough cough). You can catch some of it on her blog which she put(hella long) and also gives you information about fanime which is pretty helpful.
I repeat just from these two blog posts I have learned a lot about my friend and they also learned about me.
Well this blogging strategy has been a really fun experience for all of us. Thank you Mr. Sutherland for introducing it to us students and giving us a chance to communicate to the world, sorta. And also the experience or chance to get messaged or commented back by an author. Even though I didn't get the chance, others have and a slight chance that my blog post would've been commented on. Oh well. Thanks again. And see you next year Sutherland! xD (If I get your class... and if I don't then I'll come visit if I get the chance.
