So today the rough draft for my memoir English project was due. I was really unsure as to what I was going to write about as I had many different ideas that would not all fit together in a single piece. I decided to write about receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time as a child.
I decided to write about this as it seemed to be one of only a handful of events in my life that would be interesting for me to write about and for others to read about. The event still sticks out in my mind, despite the fact that it happened over 10 years ago. While writing the rough draft I was remembering small details like the weather outside at the time, or the sights and sounds of my childhood home. This surprised me, as I can rarely remember what happened a week prior let alone 10 years.
Today we brought in our papers for peer review. I found this to be very helpful as an other person can easily point out flaws in a piece that the author was oblivious to. I was informed, by my peers, that if I shift my focus more towards the actual ceremony of First Communion in my piece and that if I gave a more detailed ending, my paper would improve. I will certainly take these suggestions into consideration when writing my final draft
Hopefully the final copy of my memoir will come out interesting.
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