Blog #4

Most of my snapshots were formed from milestones or turning points in my life. Some of the milestones were high points in my life while others were low points. I knew the snapshot about my grandma passing away would be a strong snapshot because it was something that really affected my life. I was able to put myself almost back in time to when it happened and create the emotion I had felt. This was definitely not an enjoyable piece to write but it was a great way to express how I felt about this tragedy onto paper. The snapshot that I really enjoyed writing was the one about me pitching in the state tournament. When writing this I was able to express all of the joy I had felt and almost relive that awesome experience. There were several ideas that I didn’t wind up using that I had planned on originally. The two ideas for snapshots that I dropped were my “first break up” and “my brother being sent to the E.R”. I chose not to write about my first break up because halfway through writing it I realized it wasn’t a quality snapshot at all. I chose to throw the snapshot out about my little brother because he wound up being okay so it wasn’t as emotional of an experience for me. I decided what would work based on how personal the snapshot was to me, so the ones I didn’t feel as strongly about I omitted.