I felt uncertain about picking a topic to write about for my literacy narrative. I did not want to chose something that I know was going to be hard, but at the same time I wanted it to be meaningful to me. So it was confusing at first, but once I got my ideas done on paper it was really easy after that.
I had to edit or revise my work before it wasn't something that is new to me. In my first draft I started out talking about my relationship with death, then I led into my relationship with my friend Phi who passed away, and finally concluded on how his life has dramatically changed mine. It was boring and stuffy at first but then Lacy suggested if I started from the end of my story and then work my way back to the beginning and it makes the audience want to keep reading.
After I tried this I had two other drafts trying out different writing styles of my first paragraph. I really liked the first one I did because I used a metaphor or a boat at sea and that described good and bad situations. I kept that metaphor going throughout my whole paper and it really seemed to work out well. I really liked this version better than the first because I felt like I was connecting with my reader more and they can really understand my emotions during the time periods.
The goals I wanted to achieve in this literacy narrative was to get across the fact that you should not take anyone for granted at any time because you don't know what the future brings or takes away. And also that situations may be really low at one point in your life but time really does heal pain.
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