Sergio Aceves

13811 Glenoaks Blvd.

Sylmar, CA 91342
David Sedaris
23456 Seven Eleven St
Big Apple, NY 86753
09/5/14
Dear David Sedaris
After reading a couple narratives of yours, Ive grown to really enjoy your writing style. The way
you write your stories makes me feel the exact same way in those certain situations, especially
the way you would respond to people. Solution to Saturdays Puzzle was really good and I
especially loved the back and forth hate between you and that woman, but I have to say I
thoroughly enjoyed Me Talk Pretty One Day. The way you said how starting in a new school
was nerve-racking was exactly the same way I felt when starting college. Neither of us knew
what was going to happen on the first day. Same thing when learning a new language, youve
had French classes back in New York and learned a significant amount while Ive just only taken
one Spanish class in high school and learned nothing. Im Hispanic, so its very sad not being
able to speak my native tongue. I also have that problem, and still do, where I cant talk to others
because it requires me to speak. On the upside, I can somewhat understand most Spanish speech.
So I would kind of say were similarbut youve seem to had a harder time when you were in
France. That teacher did not like you one bit. That also brings up a question in mind; why would
your teacher verbally, and sometime, physically abuse her own students? Just to mess with them
perhaps, or did she honestly not care at all if any of her students passed? Either way, no teacher
should act that way towards her students. Another thing I really like about your writing style is
how you introduce dialog into your stories. Most of the time its you telling us about whats
happening in your stories, and then you give us a bit of perspective of the people your describing
by telling us what they were say at that time. I dont know why but I really enjoy those parts in
stories where its like the he said/she said scenarios. My overall reaction to your story was
mostly me thinking wow. Not because of the way your teacher treated you and the other
studentsokay maybe a littlebut also how you were able to get help learning French and
being able to respond in French towards your teacher. That made me feel the confidence you
were portraying in the scene. Plus I like to believe that after your teacher heard that from you,
shed either be impress by how much youve learned or shed really annoyed about how you
worded your sentence. All in all, you are one of the first writers I actually enjoy I cant wait to
read more of your work in the future.
Yours Faithfully,
Sergio Aceves