tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412444227644231584.post5371847933702694294..comments2023-07-17T03:28:41.093-07:00Comments on Lithia Writers Collective: Essential Writing - JulieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412444227644231584.post-82168562035426383832008-09-05T15:17:00.000-07:002008-09-05T15:17:00.000-07:00I don't remember writing a single thing in Junior ...I don't remember writing a single thing in Junior High. I blanked out after Haiku in the fifth grade.<BR/><BR/>I was fortunate to have an english teacher recognize my love of "the craft" when I was a sophmore at Newport Harbor High. He petitioned to get me into AP English, even though my IQ wasn't high enough.<BR/><BR/>My breakout piece came with Mr. Ulander in AP English my junior year. <BR/><BR/>We had to pick a picture and write a story about it.<BR/><BR/>My mother loved a book of photography called "The Family of Man." I wrote a sensory piece about a boy in wartime England. What did I know?!!!! But it was a big hit and catapulted me into writing for a lifetime . . . Seeing a grown man, an AP English teacher no less, be dumbfounded by my work was exhilarating. A high I've been trying to recapture ever since.<BR/><BR/>Good luck<BR/><BR/>MarciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412444227644231584.post-19339100195119000312008-09-05T12:15:00.000-07:002008-09-05T12:15:00.000-07:00Wow -- I love this and am going to steal it.Keep '...Wow -- I love this and am going to steal it.<BR/>Keep 'em coming Writers!<BR/>Julie <BR/>p.s. I think the reason that animal testing wasn't a problem in the Rogue Valley, and continues not to be, is because of your letter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412444227644231584.post-41884544045316318852008-09-05T08:25:00.000-07:002008-09-05T08:25:00.000-07:00When I think back on my Jr. High experience, the t...When I think back on my Jr. High experience, the thing that comes to mind first is when we had to write a short piece for Editorials section of the Daily Tidings. My mom dug this out not long ago - I wrote mine on how we should ban medical testing on animals (was this really a problem in the Rogue Valley in 1979?). As all locals know, the Daily Tidings will print ANYTHING and there's a certain thrill to seeing your work in print. For the first time these kids-and their parents-will see themselves as published writers instead of problem writers. Our pieces were only about 7 sentences long, but I remember working all semester on it. It was the first time I used the word "inane" in print; I felt so high-falutin'.Christy Raedekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com