week 1

Before we get started, there is something you have to know about me. I’m a “sports-aholic”, and what better to write about than one of my favorite papers ever, A Football Story. Cheesy, I know, however, it doesn’t make me any less passionate about the topic.
I wrote this paper last term in 103, and I was just begging to ENJOY writing. It came much easier than I expected, when my brilliant teacher Miss Yuan Yuan Liao suggested to me that I write what inspires me. Now this was a creative peace, but it did require a little bit of research to make it chronologically correct.
I started off excited and bold about finally being able to write what I wanted. However, my excitement quickly turned to dismay whenever I hit writers block around page three of a five to six page paper. So I went back to Prof. Liao for a little bit of guidance, and before long I had a fairly well planned outline-if I do say so myself.
After my conference with the professor, it was write back to writing. Feeling rejuvenated, I cranked the J-Z and went to work. Unfortunately, I only had a two days until the final draft, but I was confident in my new found vigor. I worked on the paper relentlessly for about three hours just churning out the pages, and before I knew it, I was done; Or so I thought.
I immediatley took the paper to one of my most dear (and coincidentaley most intelligent) friends Nick Wiggins. After a moment of glancing at it, to my dismay, he began to grin slightly. When Nick grins at anything other than a comedian, it is his “polite” way of saying, “WOW, this sucks”. After a few more moments his grin subsided into a slight nod. Afterward he explained to me that the content of my paper was fantastic, however, it gramatically stunk.
With a short time with Nick and his keen I for his best friends idiocy, he kindly helped me to edit my paper. And after I switched a paragraph or two around, I was finished with my final revision. I walked away with a great paper, not to mention and A.