This quarter, there were many challenges in my writing. I used to write shorter stories but now they are longer and more complex. Also I used to write the sentences without thinking about pacing. Now I realize that pacing is very important, because it makes the reader read the story in parts. As an example the story can move slow in the beginning, fast in the middle and medium in the end. The writer can choose in which part of the story they want to move slow, medium or fast.
Another change in my writing is that I use figurative language more frequently. I enjoy using it because it make me feel more into the story. I now know how to use a comparison such as "The blood trickling down, looked like a trail of ants. " I also used this simile in my writing, " He kicks the door open and runs out as fast as a cheetah.", which I used in my historical fiction narrative : https://docs.google.com/a/graded.br/document/d/1tqqNkY-FDJYf3sKfDhYbmj3lGImYmO4SL4VGM3-s0fM/edit. Another simile that I can use is "the dogs fur was so hot I felt like I was wearing a jacket on a sunny day. "
Previously I had never used footnotes, but now I know that it is important because the reader can understand the words better. I used footnotes frequently when writing my last historical writing, because there are more historical facts that some people may not know. As an example, I did a footnote on "passbook" Link and the name Hector, who was the first boy killed in the Soweto Uprising.
I think my biggest growth this quarter was on writing a historical fiction. It was difficult because I was writing about a time in which I was not there and did not know about. I still hope to improve on having a sequence and writing without making easy grammar mistakes. The learning target that I did most of was perseverance and risk taker, because in writing long stories you have to be very engaged all the time. Also I had to take risks in using figurative language. I think I worked very well on BlT 3, sensory details.
