Practice 7-1: You Daredevil you

One of the most daring things that I have done as a teenager was probably going cliff jumping. I went on a camp out on the Colorado river, where everyday we canoed done the river to a new camp site. On the third day we had traveled about half way, and saw some huge cliffs that people were jumping off of. At that time I had only had experience jumping into a pool, I hadn't even jumped form a diving board. We first went to a smaller cliff (the cliff was about 15 feet from the water) jumping from this one wasn't that bad at all. I hesitated a little at first but once I had jumped I realized it wasn't actually that scary. I'm not afraid of heights, but cliff jumping was just something that I've never tried before. After jumping from the small one twice, my friends and I made our way up to the huge cliff. We couldn't tell exactly how high it was, but it seemed about four times higher than the first cliff we jumped off. When I peaked my head over the edge of the cliff I thought there was no way I'd jump. But after my first two friends jumped, I just had to get over my fears and go for it. Once I jumped I realized that it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. When I got out of the water I could feel that I had gotten a huge adrenaline rush and I was shaking because I was just excited and amazed that I got over my fears. After the three of us jumped we cheered on our other friends that still hadn't jumped. It took us about 5 minutes before he finally chose to jump and he also had a great time.

Practice 2-1: On Stories

I believe that the purpose of the story is to entertain and make the viewer think in different perspectives.
Some of my favorite stories are the movies directed by Christopher Nolan (some of these movies include
Interstellar, Memento, and Inception), and the show Black Mirror. I believe that millions of people enjoy
these stories because they help the viewer see the world from a new perspective or something that does
not yet exist (science fiction). Being able to see from this new perspective makes people more curious and
fascinated by it. I believe this is what makes people really enjoy a story, they are introduced to a whole new
world. Good storytelling will lead to better imaginations by the viewer leading them to really enjoy that story. 

Practice 2-2: My Writing Space

                                               

My writing space is just my desk in my room. I like writing here and at the library most of the time. I like my desk
because I just feel more comfortable when I am at home, so when I have to make a story a lot more personal I will
write it at home on my desk. I also have multiple windows next to my desk so during the day time, I get a lot of
natural light in my room. If I had one thing that I could recommend from my writing space it would be to make sure
that you are very comfortable where you are and that you can write very openly. This makes it a lot easier for me to
think more creatively and come up with better ideas when I write. 

Practice 4-4: Parallel Construction

1) Henry enjoys walking, running, and riding his bike.
2) Sung-ho goes shopping, and then swimming.
3) Louie listens to records and tapes.
4) The salesperson was expecting to be questioned about the sales for the day, and then earn a commission.
5) I have learned a lot of grammar, punctuation, and looking up information.

Practice 4-4: Editing Tense

Boys were playing basketball around a telephone pole with a backboard bolted to it... The scraping and snapping of Keds on loose alley pebbles seemed to catapult their voices high in the moist March air blue above the wires. Rabbit Angstrom, came up the alley in a business suit, he stopped and watched, although he was twenty six and six three. So tall, he seemed like an unlikely rabbit, bit the breadth of white face, the pallor of his blue irises, and a nervous flutter under his brief nose as he stabbed a cigarette into his mouth, partially explaining his nickname, which was given to him when he too was a bot. He stood there thinking, the kids kept coming, they kept crowding you up. 

Practice 4-3: Tense Forms

Future Tense:
Example: "I will walk for five miles."

Practice 4-2: Comma Drama

1) Separate items in a list:
Everyday before school I brush my teeth, shower, and then eat breakfast.

2) When you use two words in a row to describe something (aka two adjectives to describe a noun):
In college you feel much more independent, in some cases homesick.

3) To separate two discrete but connected ideas (complete thoughts aka independent clauses) that are joined by the coordinating conjunctions (as you learned above): for, and, nor, but, or, yes, so (FANBOYS):
All of college classes are the same units, but some require a lot more work than others.

4) To separate out descriptors of something (appositives):
The cafeteria food, the most bland food ever, was the same the whole school year.

5) Use commas to separate introductory words or expletives:
Bet, I could probably do that faster than you.

6) Use commas to separate out dependent clauses:
Because I'm a vegetarian, I cannot eat meat.

7) Use commas when someone is speaking and you put their words in quotes:
The student asked, "Can I go to the bathroom?" in the middle of the teacher's lecture.