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English 2010
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● In 2002, the year Smart was taken, police received more than 800,000 reports of missing
people under eighteen years of age (Beam). CNN failed to report almost any. Meanwhile,
as of 2014, they reported 498 times on the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
● Stories with narrative structure, stories that feel like stories, get told and retold. Those
that do not, sometimes despite their importance, languish untold or are quickly forgotten.
What made the Elizabeth Smart case so well known was the fact that the Smarts were very
persistent and were working constantly to find their lost daughter. Also when the girl was found,
the situation blew up and turned into an ever growing court case to prevent this from ever
happening again. The fact that some cases don't get known or released it depressing as lives are
ruined due to the kidnapping. As many kidnappings as possible should be looked after to find the
person.
January 30th, 2019
“Writing Is Recursive” by Chris Blankenship
● Yes, they generally begin with invention and end with editing, but they view each part of
the process as a valuable way of thinking that can be revisited again and again until they
are confident that the product effectively meets their goals.
● But if you’re willing to put aside the linear steps and view invention, research, drafting,
revision, and editing as ways of thinking that can be revisited over and over again until
you accomplish your goal, you will become a more successful writer.
When writing an essay or anything really, if you got in exact steps to finish it, the paper will end
up exactly like every highschool paper ever written. When writing you have go in different
orders and repeat many steps over and over again until you are able to produce a more refined
version of what you are try to produce. Writing isn't a step by step process, it finding a flow that
works for you can coming up with new ideas along the way to improve your piece completely.