Patrick

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR Finally get to say goodbye to this essay. Finding sources to back up what I want to say is so much harder than saying it. Previous cited essays I have done were on a specific material from which I drew conclusions. This time, the conclusions came first. So much harder.

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR I have my video, my ideas, my head, and a open weekend. Time to get this essay done.

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR Something that stuck me about "This is America" was how seamless the transitions between the foreground, background, music, and the references to other events. The continuity made it feel less like a statement and more like a mirror of a world that keeps on moving.

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR That indescribable feeling when you complete something that has been stressing you out for over a week is finally off your chest. I slept well Friday night.

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR Writing narrative nonfiction has really proved to me how few details I truly remember. It's hard to write a story that the reader can 'see' when I myself cannot truly visualise the scene. i.e. I know I was wearing tennis shoes, but what color? Who knows!

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR I find it very hard to write early drafts, because when I am "writing" I change things so quickly I'd have to pause to let my hand catch up with my brain. As a result, most of my essays are fleshed out in my head before they ever hit the paper.

[Patrick @Patrick14192935]

@DigibodyR "they appropriate negative images of women, images whose literary history is bordered by the grotesque, to expose the political enterprise of these images (and the body fictions they support) as one that limits and controls the lives and influence of women."