John Wayne: A Love Song

After reading "John Wayne: A love Song" and watching the clip to the movie Joan Didion learned how a man should be acting. From the movie, John Wayne was always the one that wasn't looking for trouble but trying to get others from trouble. Even though the four brother could have been hot-headed, John Wayne always kept his cool and tried to get other away from trouble. For example, his little brother at the bar was about to start a fight with a guy because he said his father was a liar but John Wayne walked in so there wouldn't be a fight.


The movie Coach Carter has a profound affect on my life through out high school. That movie showed me how one should give it all they can toward one cause, even if its a basketball team. Having played basketball throughout all of high school this movie helped me work harder because I realized that everyone needs to give all they can, after all we are all one team. It also made me understand the importance of school, I know school is important but it explained how I should work for every grade because you want the best thing outcome for you. It made me feel like i should force my self to do my best at everything.

"Shitty First Drafts" by Anne Lamotts Blog

After reading Anne Lamotts "Shitty First Drafts" it gave me a bost in confidence. I thought that writters would just sit down and write all day producing amazing work. However, she expalined that everyone has to write a first essay that might be horrendous and might not even make sense, but one needs to put all the thoughts down on papers before movinh one to the second draft. When she explained in the text about her job writting for California magazine I believed she would say it was her easiest job ever; however, Anne was having a difficult time because she was not able to put her first essay down on paper.  In this essay Anne helped me by expalining that everyoen has a difficulty writting, even great famouse writers.

When I beggign to write an essay i have to put all my thougths down on paper. Ussualy i jot down my main ideas on a blank piece of paper and go on from there. Wether its tryign to look for examples from the text or online. Once i got all my main ideas and supporting ideals written down I attempt to start my essay. At first I sit in my chair with a blank look on my face tryign to come up with a deceant introduction. Once I start writting I keep going till I realize my sentences aren't making sense so I take a 10-15 min break so relax and eat soemthing. When I return to write I read what I typed before and continue from there. I take several breaks while I write because it gives me more time to think and come up with better ways to write my essay.


My writting process is like making a cake. First you need to get all the materials you need, than you need to mix them up, than put them in the pan and then cook it. However, at the end, after all the work, when the cake is completed you see perfection. All the thing that the cake is missing is the frosting and the decorations to top it and then your done.