Over these last few months, I feel like I learned many new tools that I can incorporate into my writing. I feel as a writer, I can grow on being able to build a thesis. I have always felt that my thesis always ends up weak and I always get…
The Importance of Love Letters during WWII
Do you ever wish to be sent a meaningful and heartfelt letter like they receive in the movies? I know that I have definitely dreamed of the day when I received a letter from a far off prince proclaiming his love for me. Besides the point, love letters were a…
Epistolary Fiction: Week 6
Address Unknown: October 6thIn this class, we listened to the book “Address Unknown”, fictional letters written by a Jewish art dealer, Max, who lives in San Francisco and his former business partner, Martin, who still lives in Germany. In the first letter, he mentions how it is hard for a…
Love Letters: Week 5
Tuesday: Behind the Lines Podcast On Tuesday, we listened to a podcast on love letters from soliders away at war. The letter we listened to was written in 1861. At first, it seemed very somber. The words the writer used were very powerful and held a lot of meaning behind…
Weekly Writing 4
I was a little hesitant coming into this week because I did not think I would find these letters particularly interesting. When I read my letters for homework, I really saw how impactful they are and how much meaning they hold. These letters reminded me of when I went to…
Free Write
For my project, I would love to focus more on love letters. I am very much a hopeless romantic so this topic is particularly interesting to me. I just found a book titled Dearest Letty and would love to look more into it. The book focuses on the love letters…
Dear Miss Breed Letter
This week, we focused on letters from the Japanese internment camps. I’ve always had a fascination with history, but never really got to look into this event. I have never heard of the letter to Miss Breed, so it was very interesting getting to read them. I focused on Louise…
This week in Letter Writing
Coming into this week, I was having some doubts about whether or not I could handle this class. I do not believe myself to be a strong writer. I have always struggled with worrying about whether or not my writing is good or creative enough. Despite this, I showed up…
My Writing Process
In recent years, I have grown more fond of writing in general. I personally loved writing my college essay because I was able to explore a new topic and relate it to my life in some way. In high school, everyone was always told to start with the introduction paragraph…
Letter Writing
To me, letter writing is a deeper way to connect with the people that you love. I’ve always seen letter writing as a more romantic gesture. Typically in films, that is how letter writing is portrayed. I would watch all of the Disney princess movies and wonder when I’d receive…