Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Skydiving, my writing style

Have you every taken the PLUNGE? Trusting your life into a perfect stranger's hands?!

Initially, you are scared of everything going wrong like the parachute not opening or the airplane crashing. Finally, the pilot reaches the 13,000 mile mark, which is the perfect jump height. The crew opens the door. Your feet dangle, but you are not ready. Suddenly, the perfect stranger pushes you out and YOU fall helplessly. Until that moment when the parachute opens, which signifies your survival. As you slowly descend to the ground, the world is perfect and nothing can stop you from finishing the jump. Then the grass becomes yards away from your feet. A panic sets in that you will wipe out and completely screw up. The perfect stranger’s feet land first and then you. You take a few little steps to prevent being tangled in the parachute. And you discover that “it was not that bad.”

So, this is my writing style. Getting the assignment is a dreadful experience, and before opening my computer I need a little push. The first lines are always my toughest challenge, but then I have smooth sailing until the end is in sight. There is still proofreading and editing to do, however the finish product “was not that bad.”

This may be too much honesty for a first time post, but you sometimes have to put yourself out there. So, who wants to go skydiving OR do you just want to write a paper?

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