Legrand Lamont Legrand Ms. Caruso Engl 1103-007 Jan 16th 2014 The Literac Memoir o!

Lamont Legrand The "reat "ats# # $. %cott $it&gerald is the greatest stor e'er (ritten. The 1)20*s in +e(

,or- Cit li'ing li!e (ith .arties/ mistresses/ l ing/ and cheating0 it is the .innacle o! 1merica/ it is the 1merican dream. 2 guess the .oint o! that .ointless and irrele'ant rant on the no'el (as to sa that 2 see college as a "ats# .art and 2 am +ic- Callo(a 3ust here attending and ho.ing m li!e doesn*t end u. li-e the ill !ated .rotagonist o! the stor and that 2 don*t let college turn me into a monster. $or this class in .articular 2 don*t ha'e that !ear/ 2 see a class li-e this as an outlet to e4.ress our o.inions/ thoughts and ideas. 5riting is a can'as !or an artist/ the thoughts and ideas are the .aint#rushes/ the stro-es o! .aint to illustrate a master.iece. This semester as a (hole is a chance to #ecome more com!orta#le in the college atmos.here. 2 thin- this semester/ !reshman ear as a (hole/ sets the cornerstone o! the ne4t 4-6 ears. 2 ho.e to !igure out (ho 2 trul am as a .erson and as a student o! li!e. To #e 7uite honest/ 2 ha'e high ho.es and e4.ectations !or this class. The small class si&e ma-es it easer !or .eo.le to communicate/ ho.e!ull . 8nce .eo.le !eel com!orta#le and con!ident (ith each other/ 2 see this class #onding and meshing together and ha'ing a lot o! great dialogue. M onl !ear is that not ha..ening/ that (e ha'e a lot o! dull and silent con'ersations. 2 ne'er can thin- the same thing t(ice/ (hen 2 start (riting and t .ing 2 3ust let it !lo( and (hate'er ha..ens/ ha..ens. 2 hate .lanning and 2 hate organi&ation. 2! an idea !its/ it !its. $or research in .articular that can cause .ro#lems #ecause sometimes m .a.er can end u. in di!!erent directions #ut 2 tr to sta on a linear trac-

Legrand and !or the most .art it (or-s out. 5hen researching 2 3ust !ind out the main ideas and main o..ositions to the to.ic. 2 tr to loo- at the to.ic !rom all angles and .ut them in a (a to ma-e e'er thing (or- linear and ha'e the ideas #e .resented un#iased and clear. 2 al(a s -ee. an o.en mind and i! research changes m 'ie(s on something/ then 2 ha'e done it .ro.erl . There isn*t a clear cut #eginning/ middle and end to m research. E'er to.ic is di!!erent and needs a di!!erent a..roach/ and (hen ou .lan things out ou can miss out. 5hen it comes to (riting 2 ta-e the same a..roach. 2 3ust (rite (hat !eels right. 2 ne'er re'ise or reread m .a.ers #ecause then 2*ll change e'er thing/ and then do it again and again. 2 sometimes .ut (ords o! (isdom or one-liners in m .a.er to sort o! get the #all rolling in a certain (a . $or instance in (riting a .a.er on 9ride and 9re3udice/ 2 o.ened the essa # sa ing :Lo'e is nothing #ut .ride and .re3udice; (e ha'e to ha'e .ride in the .erson (e are (ith and #e .re3udice to(ards their !aults

and our o(n !ears.< Ma #e its golden/ ma #e it*s lame/ #ut it (or-s !or me. My writing process to me just needs work on actually being linear and not going on rants. I should try to write more formal in a sense but I dont know. Most of my English teachers love my work and even in an AP class there is different from a college course. riting for me is easy when

its something interesting! rather its about something that I can choose to write about or an interesting novel. ith that being said" a great writer can find heat within any cold

room. 2n high school/ 2 (as in'ol'ed in a lot o! organi&ations committees and clu#s. 2 had to gi'e a lot o! s.eeches to a 'er di'erse grou. o! .eo.le. To #e honest/ 2 ne'er (rote a s.eech in m li!e. :5inging it< (as m (a o! li!e and !eeding .eo.le =% (as m means o! success. 2 lo'e to tal-/ #ut 2 -no( (hen to shut u. and that*s (here most .eo.le !ail. %ome .eo.le can ha'e great ideas #ut its all in the deli'er and i! .eo.le don*t li-e the (a ou sa things then the

(on*t listen. 2n all o! m 19 classes (riting (as a ma3or .art and 2 thin- 2 ha'e de'elo.ed a (a

Legrand to (rite and anal &e ideas. 2 used to read a lot in elementar school/ #oo-s 2 had no #usiness reading #ut 2 !ound intriguing. 1s school .rogressed the onl thing 2 #egan to read (ere te4t messages and the !orced #oo-s in high school. 2 #elie'e 2 am an e4.ert in the !ield o! s.orts and

con'ersation. 2 (as once told 2 could sell Jesus Christ himsel!/ a .lace in hell. >o(e'er 2 am still learning ho( to #e m sel! in a (a . 2 ha'e al(a s tried to .lease .eo.le and not necessaril .ut m sel! !irst. That concludes m hum#le #ut in!ormation .ac-ed memoir on m literac / thanou !or our time or i! ou 3ust scrolled to the #ottom congratulations ou made it.