Blog #7- Writing a Lit Autobio...the aftermath

So this was an interesting assignment. I don’t like talking about myself or writing in first person, so most of the steps with this paper were a struggle. I tried writing it in third person and justified it as a stylistic choice, but I quickly realized that wasn’t going to work—so I took a break and talked to my dad. We discussed some of the games we remembered watching together and recent events involving racism on the pitch. Particularly Dani Alves, a Brazilian Barcelona player (probably one of the best players that the team currently has) who experienced racism on during a game—fans of the opposing team threw bananas at him when he ran to the corner to convert a corner kick. This conversation spark a lot of new ideas, so I moved away from some of the stuff I came up with in class and tried re-framing my lit autobiography around some of the events that my dad and I discussed. Usually, the my writing process is solitary and contained to brief online conversations with Jennifer where I ask, “Hey I’m thinking about writing this?” and she’ll respond, “yeah that sounds good.” With narratives, I usually talk them out with Jennifer, but this was a personal story, so I wasn’t overly willing to share until it was complete. She read my draft during class, but after I spoke to my dad I felt a lot more comfortable asking her advice, so I went from there.