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Feb 13, 2009 17:29

NOTES; Two guys are together, committed to each other for the long run even though, for the present, one wants an open relationship while the other doesn't, but who, because of fear-of-abandonment issues and an honest belief in their love, their destiny, chooses nonetheless to go along. What might happen within him internally as opposed to what he ( Read more... )

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My essay harka April 3 2009, 14:55:34 UTC
The theme we had to write about was "If I won two million euros, I would...".

His comment: The idea of the essay is to make you use 'if' clauses - if I won I would . . . You have not done this.If she won two million euros, what would she… buy, treat herself to? Would she travel around the world? Why not? She had always tried to see as many countries as she could, considering her relatively low finances, of course. However, she would visit only the European countries, Australia, the USA, and perhaps a few countries of South America. Yes, she would avoid too exotic places, for she loved comfort very much. Comfort does not necessarily mean fancy ( ... )

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Re: My essay gaeln April 3 2009, 16:09:49 UTC
it's almost as if you wrote fiction when I think he want nonfiction. Probably if you had begun certain sentences, not all of them, with

'If I'd won two million euros, I would travel the world...'
'If I'd won two million euros, I could study, not caring...'

Also, to me, it's formatted just a little too much like a listing.

If you want, I could show you what I mean without changing much.

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Re: My essay harka April 4 2009, 16:48:41 UTC

If you want, I could show you what I mean without changing much.

I would appreciate it very much. Thank you!

I'm going to write another essay, but this time with more "if" sentences than before.

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Re: My essay gaeln April 8 2009, 19:30:08 UTC
see what you think ( ... )

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Re: My essay harka April 9 2009, 06:28:10 UTC
In your version the words flow so easily. Ahhh! Maybe, one day, my words will flow just the same.

I wrote another "if" essay and this time, my teacher was satisfied with it. He also gave me another theme to write about. "If I could choose to be someone else".

He is funny; it seems I have to guess what he wants. Wouldn't it be easier to say "Jelica, as you didn't do your writing properly, you need to rewrite the essay"? But no, he expects from me to have a supernatural power and read his mind.

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Re: My essay gaeln April 10 2009, 17:17:07 UTC
I think he wants to leave it as open, and thereby creative, as he can, but see how with the second one he was satisfied? I'm sure that one day your words will flow as smoothly as mine. I've been using this language for a very long time, and it still messes me up all the time.

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