Blog Post VII-Hewitt

I most relate to the seventh and eighth bullets, "Writing... allows me to make use of my experience..." (7), "Writing is my therapy" (8). These are the two I most resonate with as they best describe the reason as to how I am able to write personal essays, when I do; I am able to write because of the experiences, as well as personal essays are ways to organise other experiences I may have had, i.e. the therapy. There was one reason that I did not see on the list that Murray made, which is "I write because I want others to understand me"; that is another reason why I write, to be heard and to let others know me or at least try to. I think that one of the most useful advices that Murray mentioned is "The Instigating Line", which is about having a certain line that may be overlooked by many, but have a deep, incredibly deep meaning to others; this line may connect readers to the writer even more. I will definitely use this in future writing projects, which seems like it will make reading papers a bit more fun for the audience. The only problem with this is that it seems like one would require a lot of experience to be able to have an instigating line. I cannot really use this for the current major assignment, the Feature Article, as my article is an overview of a video game... I might be able to find something, but it is a bit harder with the topic I have.