My Bad Accident - Paragraph

The night my three daughters and I got into a car accident was very frightening. We were
on our way home. Out of nowhere there was a loud BANG. We felt the car jerk and we
started going faster. I was in shock, I couldn't move. I looked back and saw a big truck
pushing our car through the median into incoming traffic. My kids were screaming. I
pushed the brakes with my entire mite. I could smell the burnt rubber. By the grace of
god, we stopped right before we went into traffic. My heart was pounding and I was
shaking like a leaf. I looked back at my kids again and they were crying. I looked behind
the kids and saw the back window was burst out. My kids had glass all over them. I was
scared but I had to be strong for my kid. They were crying for their dad. I got out the car
to check on the other driver. When I got to her red F-150 truck I smelled alcohol on her
breathes. She was intoxicated. My kids and I were rushed to the hospital to get checked
out. Everyone was fine. We didn't have a scratch on us. Thank god for seat belt because
we could have really gotten hurt. The lady driving the truck went to jail. My two
youngest girls are scared to ride in a car at night. The only good thing that came out of all
this is that we got four big checks. I brought me a blue Tahoe with the money. This
accident is something I will remember the rest of my live.

A Road Accident
            Road accidents are reported in newspaper and on television every day. There are
more frequently caused by reckless drivers rather than faulty vehicles. Last Saturday,
while I was travelling from Ipoh, I witnessed a serious accident. The scene of the
accidents was vivid in my mind.

            A motorcyclist was following behind was taxi very closely. He was so impatient
that he was trying to overtake my taxi even near a sharp bend. At that critical moment,
there was an oncoming car. The taxi driver swerved to the roadside and I got a terrible
jolt. It was too late for the motorcyclist to avoid the car. His motorcycle ran against the
bumper of the car and smashed its windscreen. The motorcyclist somersaulted over the
car and was found lying in a pool of blood. It was a scene to chill the flesh! The car
driver, who was cut by the flying glass, was in a state of shock. All that happened in split
second and fear overwhelmed us.

            The taxi driver stopped his taxi and I quickly ran to the nearest to the nearest
telephone booth to inform the police and the hospital. From a distance I could see some
people trying to help the injured motorcyclist and the car driver. They carried them into
one of the onlooker’s car and sent them to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile the taxi
driver tried to control and directs the traffic. Soon the police arrived and they promptly
took some measurements and evidence. After that they moved the damaged car and the
motorcycle to the roadside to ease the traffic congestion. They also took down the
evidence provided by witnesses and onlookers. Some sweepers were clearing the debris
and the blood stains on the road.

            When the taxi finally continued the journey, I silently thanked God for my narrow
escape. I learned a good lesson that impatience and recklessness would bring harm and
danger. I was happy to see that Malaysians are public-spirited and they render help to
others readily. Since then I remember and follow the saying ‘more haste less speed’ and
‘prevention is better than cure’. I believe good road manners and roads safety campaigns
can help to reduce the number of road accidents which cause injuries, loss and lives and
properties.

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Expressing Anger
Anger is a natural response to certain threats. As a result, aggression is sometimes
the appropriate response to anger, as it allows us to defend ourselves. Therefore, a
certain amount of anger is necessary. In addition, anger can be useful in expressing
how we feel to others. However, we cannot get angry with everyone and
everything we encounter. As a result, we must learn to express our anger
appropriately.[4]

There are three main approaches to expressing anger -- expression, suppression,

and calming. Expression involves conveying your feelings in an assertive, but not
aggressive, manner. This is the best way to handle your anger. However, you must
make sure that you are respectful of others and are not being overly demanding or
pushy, as this will likely only produce aggression in return.

Anger can also be repressed and redirected. Essentially, you want to stop thinking
about the source of your anger and focus on something else that can be approached
constructively. However, you must be careful when repressing angry feelings.
Repressing anger with no constructive outlet can be dangerous and damaging, both
physically and mentally. On the other hand, the old idea that you should simply
"vent" or "let it all out" is discouraged by conflict experts, who claim that doing so
is actually counterproductive, "an exercise in rehearsing the very attributions that
arouse anger in the first place."[5]

Finally, one can respond to anger by focusing on calming down -- controlling your
external and internal responses (heart rate, blood pressure, etc.) to anger. Take
deep breaths and relax. Several of these techniques are covered later in this article.
Emotions are critical to making a character feel real, but describing them from
afar can sometimes leave a reader feeling a little disconnected from that character.
The descriptions don’t feel like a character feeling but like the author telling the
reader how the character feels.

In a distant third person or omniscient perspective it’s not as noticeable (we expect
those POVs to be detached), but if the point of view is a tight third or first person?
We risk losing that emotional connection with our reader.

For example:
I wiped the sweat from my brow with a trembling hand, fear from my narrow
escape coursing through my veins.

Do you feel her fear? Probably not, because even she’s not feeling it. Scared
people don’t typically think about what’s coursing through their veins or why it’s
doing it, they just feel and think and react.

Still trembling, I stumbled to the closest bench and plopped down before
I fell down. Sweat stung my eyes and I wiped my face on my shirt. That was way
too close. If I hadn’t run when I did… I shuddered.
This shows how the narrator feels, what she’s thinking when she feels it, how her
body is reacting, without making her conscious of it. It’s looking outward from
within her skin, not inward at her skin. We don’t have to explain she’s just had a
narrow escape, because we’ve given enough clues so the reader can easily surmise
the why.

Here are some ways you can show emotions without having to step outside of your
character.

1. Use physical symptoms the character might experience

Emotions trigger physical reactions, and these are clues readers can use to
determine how a characters feels. Racing heart, shaking, numb fingers, sweaty
palms all signal fear (or possibly love in the right circumstances). Also consider
involuntary reactions, such as blushing or gasping.
Try: They laughed and he turned away, face burning, yet fingers icy cold.

Instead of: He turned away, his face bright red in embarrassment.

2. Use thoughts or dialog to suggest an emotion

Emotions can trigger both a mental and a verbal response. Perhaps one character
silently urges another to get on with it to show impatience. Maybe she has a
moment of self-reflection. A quick What a jerk can convey the same emotion as a
frown, and feel more natural than

Try: What a jerk!  “Excuse me, I’m being a what?”

Instead of: She frowned at what a jerk he was being.

3. Use subtext to suggest emotions just under the surface 

Sometimes what a character doesn’t say is more telling. An outward demeanor that

contradicts the inner thoughts and feelings shows multiple layers of emotions.
Subtext can also add conflict to a scene and can help increase the micro-tension.

Try: “Why of course you can stay,” she said, ripping her napkin into small pieces.

Instead of: She didn’t answer, even though she knew John wanted her to say yes.

4. Use external senses to reinforce an emotion

Heightened emotions can heighten the senses, so perceptions might be stronger.

Fear can induce a hyper-awareness, love can make things feel more sensual. Fear is
often shown by how the stomach or throat reacts, but what about sounds or smells?
Ears might ring, or things might sound distant and muffled. Scents might trigger
memories that evoke the emotion you want to show.

Try: It wasn’t just footsteps behind her–the stench of cheap cologne, stale beer,
and desperation crept ever closer. She picked up her pace.

Instead of: Fear made her quicken her steps. Someone was following her.

5. Use imagery to suggest the emotion

Poetry is all about using imagery to evoke emotion, and that works just as well in
prose. Metaphor, simile, and colorful language can be an effective way to convey
emotions without ever using a specific emotion word.

Try: The world fell away, drained of all color but him, standing in the sunlight.

Instead of: He was so handsome I couldn’t take my eyes off him.

Each character will react differently to the same emotion, so understanding how a
character might react can guide us on how to describe how she feels. Some people
feel things more externally, refusing to think about them on an emotional level.
Others think too much and try to deny reacting to things. And when one character
reacts in a certain way, that provides another character a chance to react, so
emotions can build off one another–for good or for bad.

Emotions can turn a ho-hum scene into one that stays in a reader’s mind long after
the book is read. Don’t just say how a character feels–make the reader feel it too.

Capture the emotion and we capture the reader.