Writing tips and tricks

Don't space it over time.

 I have fond that despite people saying your shouldn't procrastinate, you really shouldn't write a little then come back later to write some more. Make time to do it all in one shot, if you space it out your train of thought will be different then before and people will see that in your writing.

Input the personal.

Now unless its strictly a research paper you should input some of yourself into the paper. I am all for facts and getting the clear picture across but people get more attached if they understand your writing rather then just read it.

Read books.

I don't know if this is just a coincidence but about two years ago i started reading books regularly, and i actually noticed a difference in how i wrote. I think you unconsciously start writing like the author you read the most, so ya it helps.

Practice makes perfect.

I know everyone has heard this before but its actually true. Everything in life take practice to get better at. You can have all the natural talent your want but nothing take the place of experience in my book.

Get some variety.

There are many different types of writing, and you will never be good at them if you don't try it out. This goes hand in hand with the last tip. All the types are different. You can write i good research paper you might not be able to do so good on a essay, it all depends.

TV shows!!!

Alright first off i know you said to pick a TV show that not a lot of people like so it will be harder to state your point, but that didn't work out. I chose to do this blog on the amazing TV show called House , for those of you who haven't seen it the show is about a brilliant doctor that solves many mysteries about diseases and people. I like the kind of shows that have a brilliant person in them that seems to be able to solve anything, but this one jumps out at you in a big way. Doctor House is the best diagnostic person there is, and he is a complete and utter dick to everyone. This is whats makes the show funny and states a fact of life, it doesn't matter what you look like or how you act if you are the best at what you do people will have to learn to live with you. There is actually a episode that talks about this whole thing but i cant remember exactly which one it was, so find it yourself i guess. So if you like hospital shows or just like seeing puzzles solved with comedy thrown in House is the show for you.
Gregory House for president!!!

Op eds

Alright i started off with the op ed called "The seat not taken" thinking it would be like the road not taken or something along those lines, i was wrong. This op ed is the telling of, well racism. I for one cant believe this is happening to this guy, he says that most people wouldn't sit next to him on the train he takes to and from work because he is black, and he gave some good back up knowledge for his theory. I am from Montana you don't see many blacks out here but still when i do i don't treat them any different than anyone else i would happen to meet. There is no reason why you wouldn't sit next to this guy on the bus, he is a well off middle class citizen not a druggy or anything like that. He does seem to always look on the bright side though, saying that he kinda likes it since he always has more room for himself.
After that i went on to read the op ed "if schools were like american idol" just cause of the name really. This one might have been more interesting if i could have read the whole thing, it cuts you off saying that you need to subscribe to read on, but whatever. It started off by saying that in America there is a number of drop out high schools but they only relate to about seven percent of the total number of high schools which isn't bad really. Despite this the seven percent that these schools are is also the cause of 81% of the total student who end up dropping out, that's quite a change in percent if you ask me anyways.
Lastly i read the op ed "facebook, i just cant quit you" once again only because of the name. I can actually relate to this problems she is talking about, without a facebook or myspace you do seem to have a shut out appearance to the public. I myself continually find it hard to do homework for example with having a facebook. Its not like i try to do it, it has almost become a reflex when i get on the internet to go to facebook, which really hinders on the whole homework thing since really whats more interesting?

Enneagram test, and results.

Alright for starters i never really liked these "find out who you are" quiz things. My main type is apparently type 9, the peaceful or calm type. After seeing what all that might mean i didn't really believe like i had done the test right cause very few things were true. When i looked at the other tops picks though i was surprised to see that with all of them put together it pretty much sums up who i am and what i believe in. This was crazy for me since i never trusted these things, but  i guess they do kinda work cause mine was close to dead on.

Type 1	Perfectionism	||||||||||||	42%
Type 2	Helpfulness	||||	14%
Type 3	Image Focus	||||||||||||	50%
Type 4	Hypersensitivity	||||||	30%
Type 5	Detachment	||||||||||||	50%
Type 6	Anxiety	||||||||||	38%
Type 7	Adventurousness	||||||||||||	46%
Type 8	Aggressiveness	||||||||||||	50%
Type 9	Calmness	||||||||||||||||	66%

Your main type is Type 9	Your variant is sexual

This blog was fun to do though, i actually learned some things and had a good time seeing how close this test could get. Overall this test was pretty cool and we should do more blogs like this one.