Session 1: Home, my Bedroom. It is 12:36 am on Feb.

6
th
. Everyone is sound asleep,
which means I shouldnt have any distractions (family wise). I have my headphones
on but no music is playing. TV is on, and my phone is inches away from me, and Im
texting my boyfriend. Working on my computer, Blackboard is open and I have my
printed metaphor at hand.

1-5: Open assignment instructions once more. Read what it is expected of us in the
assignment. Remember about what Ms. Frazier mentioned that we could use our in-
class metaphor and build on that. Read my printed metaphor about tennis. Laugh
about the fact that I mentioned a bag of Cheetos, and am now craving Cheetos.
Thinking about using this metaphor material to start my paper, but it will not be set
in stone, sort of like an angle Im going to take. Went crazy looking for a pencil, but
to no avail, so I used a pen. Took a 40 second glimpse at the TV, Im watching Duck
Dynasty and I just cant stop thinking how hilarious Si is. I gain focus on my paper
again. Writing down my brainstorming ideas: How do I think I write? What
experiences have I had that have influenced or changed my writing? When I think
about how I write, this is where I can mention how I compare it to tennis; each
paragraph I would write the strategies for example the first one would be when I
brainstorm and I compare it to when Im strategizing in tennis; second pg. playing
during my match, decide to make tennis part into 3 steps.
6-10: Continue my brainstorm process (create the main topic as a paragraph title,
then add subtitles to serve as details; very brief subtopics I want to touch on). I go
back to reflect on how I play tennis and what I do before, during, or after my match,
then think about how it applies to writing. Admit that I can sometimes change
directions. Keep adding and writing these details I want to mention for each main
topic session (paragraphs). Become very tired. Mention personal experiences that
influenced my writing (TAKS test). Remembered that all my teachers constantly
reminded and forced us to write in a certain format and that this format will
guarantee us pass the test. Also, I remember my freshman teacher individually
called us up and told us comments about our grade and what we did wrong, became
very sad that I almost failed because I wrote in Spanglish. Now I write my details
about this second question that I want to mention (influences and experiences).
Remember other things they used to force us to do (grammar, 5 paragraphs). Im
very tired, watch TV and take a mini break, thinking about how long this day was,
especially my niece. Start replying to unread text messages.
11-15: I started getting lazy. Still watching TV. Decided to only do my brainstorming
for today, and begin writing my paper later on that day. Drifted from original plan,
so created a new one, meaning I would brainstorm today and write tomorrow, and
revise the next day. Become distracted because of something in my eye. Go back to
brainstorming where I left off (TAKS). Add more details about what I had to have
when writing. Remembered what my English teachers used to teach me every day,
reminded me of a classroom full of robots. Now mentioning the good experiences I
had and mention journalism (I reminisce what I used to do, and how it helped me),
jotting these experiences down.
16-20: Think back on Ms. Almanzar, reminisce on how much I miss her, journalism,
and high school. Writing to inform and entertain. Start nagging that college is
different and difficult. Remember I was told that I was a good writer, but think about
Sommers article and look down on myself. Start to focus again. Think about how Im
going to format this paper. Organize by the topics I want to cover. Think about
things I want to include to these topics. How will my paper look good depending on
what topic I mention first. Seem to be unsure of what to include, and where to place
about my style of writing. Decide that if I get stuck I will look over assignment
again. Very tired, so I call it an end to my prewriting/brainstorming process.

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Session 2: Home, my bedroom, on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 11:22 pm. Working on my
computer, have my planning paper at hand. Door is closed, and family is asleep.
Phone keeps vibrating because of texts and Facebook notifications. I have my
headphones on again but no music.

1-5: Start writing. Thinking about how to start my introduction, want to mention the
tennis topic first, decide I want my voice to be heard so Im contemplating on
making my paper seem like Im having a conversation with the teacher. Start writing
a couple of words, stop, repeat the last words I typed, then think about what words
to say next. Continue typing, doubt myself, reread the sentence Im making, and then
continue typing. Lose focus because I remember I need to double space and put my
name and information on the heading. Focused for about a minute on formatting the
paper correctly such as adding title, double spacing, tabbing, etc. Focus again,
reread the previous sentence I wrote, started editing the proper tense of a word.
Typed a few words, stopped then reread them, delete them and think about
mentioning both hobbies. Dont know where to start again, get frustrated. Deleted
the whole thing. Started typing again, wrote half a sentence, reread it and thought
about what I should add to it, continued writing.
6-10: Grab my beef jerky bag and start eating, reread my previous sentence, then
think what to type next. Start typing, stop to reread and think, continue typing
sentence. Finished introductory paragraph, read it over again. Lost focus because I
started humming, eating, and watching TV. Started typing again, misspelled separate
and fixed it, wrote half the sentence, stopped and reread, thought about what to say,
continued writing. Admit my paragraph will have three sentences; think about what
my thesis should be. Pause for a moment while I watch TV, then think of what my
thesis should be, mentioning my experiences.
11-15: Phone goes off, phone and beef jerky distract me for about a full minute.
Focus on paper again. Think about what to write in my next sentence, want to edit a
new sentence on a previous sentence. Read my planning paper, decide that this part
will be in the body of the tennis topic. Type two words, repeat them, dont like how
they sound, delete them. Read paragraph over again. Think of synonyms for because
since I dont want to start with that word again. Become frustrated, since I dont
know what to write. Read over previous sentence, think about how to start third
sentence to wrap up paragraph. Start typing, stop and reread paragraph, dont like
current sentence, so I reword it, continue typing, find another word for experience.
Got a good idea! Began writing without stopping.
16-20: Reread sentence, continued writing. Stopped to think about what topic Im
going to write about. Continued writing, repeated words I just typed, got mad
because I kept capitalizing and fixed that, continued writing sentence. Dont want to
write about how I feel about writing because it wasnt on my plan. Begin typing
again, get an idea, reread sentence and think about how to say the rest. Silence.
Want to know synonym for evolution, start thinking about what to put on my paper
and how I should put it in the body and into paragraph. Repeat previous sentence
written, decide I like it and add more to it but reword it so it doesnt sound like Im
repeating, then I finally finish the sentence. Read over my introductory paragraph
once more.
21-25: Delete a few words in intro. Get an idea of how to begin new paragraph, start
typing, changed my mind, then continued typing. Went back to work on my intro.
Wrote a couple of sentences, replace a word with a new one, reread last written
sentence a couple of times, but lost my train of thought because my niece started
crying. Get writers block, dont know what to say, so I read over previous sentence a
couple more times, start doing miner editing such as semicolon and deleting a word.
Finally finish off my intro for sure now. Go into my second paragraph and decide to
write about tennis, as was the plan. Start typing, forget how to spell essay, get
distracted because my phone went off due to a text. Text back.
26-30: Lose focus. Thinking about how late it is, how tired I am, I need to stop doing
homework so late because Kathia already finished and Im barely starting. Decided
to go on Facebook, want to listen to music but I cant. Focus back on writing my
essay. Read how I started the paragraph, didnt like it, so started again. Reread what
I wrote; continue writing and adding to the sentence. Finish writing a couple of
sentence; replace a few words, read it over again. Mention something that was in my
planning paper so I go back to it to get a few ideas. Seem to be fluently writing, but
stop after something doesnt make sense, so I reword it.
31-35: Now writing the end of second paragraph, this paragraph seemed easier to
write than the first. Keep typing, replace whether with regardless, then I read over
the second paragraph once more, and find synonyms to replace some words. Get an
idea about using some imagery. Thinking of comparable things (metaphors) to
match the scenarios in my head, use another word for projecting. Continue writing,
become satisfied with sentence flow. Proceed onto writing next sentences with ease,
but become distracted because my eyes hurt, I want to shower, but will after I finish
writing at least one page. Focus back on my paper, read my last sentence I wrote.
Start typing a new sentence, but I save it for later since I like it for another place.
36-40: Continue writing a couple of words for the next sentence, but stumble upon
how to word the sentence correctly and get confused. End up rewording the
troubling sentence slowly, read back the words I just typed in order to type new
words to flow correctly. Read the finishing sentence again to see if it makes sense.
Started to build a small rhythm, but got interrupted after I disliked what I had
written, deleted it, and wrote something new. Didnt like it either, so I kept rewriting
until I liked it. Started counting how many sentences I have in total so I can break it
up into more paragraphs. Deleted sentence, and wrote a new one about resources.
41-45: Still talk about gathering resources, continue writing, repeat the sentence Im
writing to think about what to say next. Continuously writing, sometimes replacing
a word with another one, Laugh because I remember Im very competitive. Begin
with the next paragraph, oh god its going to be long. Find a clever way to start the
paragraph, I start to think Ill be ok with just writing about one topic, but get torn
between the facts I want to mention other things as well. Wonder if this paper can
be longer than 3 pages since I have a lot to say. Read assignment instructions over
again, limit myself to 3 pages, undoable space my heading to save more space for my
writing.
46-50: Start texting back to unread messages, Im tired, contemplating about
showering again, I have two pages left, so it should be easy (I think to myself). Get a
confidence boost and keep writing. I stop to reread what I wrote, then continue
writing when I figure out what to say next. Finish writing more than a couple of
sentences, read back the last one I wrote and formulate the next sentence. I have
established a good rhythm now, simultaneously replacing a few words only and only
reading back a word or so, but still continue writing.
51-55: Kept writing, but stopped to think about when I play and study my opponent
to see what I do. Once I remember, I begin fluently writing. I got distracted again
because I started wondering how many sentences I had written. Read the previous
material I had to get new idea for next paragraph. Finish paragraph. Started writing
my next paragraph with ease. Only stop once or twice. Nail broke, and it hurt;
checked my phone to see if I have any messages.
56-60: Read over what I have written so far in the current paragraph, and then
continue writing. Write a sentence but I know I will move it somewhere else. I think
that I should stop using in tennis. Keep writing and thinking of stuff I do after I
finish playing a tennis match. Wonder what integrate means, so I look it up and
replace it. Read sentence again; decide to delete a section of the sentence. Continue
to write, rereading only a couple of words to get back on track, but other than that I
dont stop my rhythm.
61-65: Read back last sentence I wrote, pause for a moment, and then begin typing
next sentence. Decide not to mention perfection, so I reword sentence I was saving
earlier, and add details to this sentence. Dont like how this sentence sounds, so I see
what I can do, but stop because Im going to shower.
65-95: PAUSE: Showering.
96-100: Dont know what I should write on my last page, so I decide to mix my last
two topics I want to cover. Began writing, including past experiences Ive had, but
reread every word I type to figure out what to write next. Continued writing, got
stuck, paused, kept reading the sentence over and over again until I figured out what
to write next. Dont want to start sentence with over, so I replace it. Continued
writing sentence after sentence, occasionally stopping and repeating last word
typed in order to think about my next words.
101-105: Read last sentence, then began writing next, only wrote a few words, then
got writers block again. Silence. Read paragraph. Silence. Read last words over and
over again. What do I want to say? Start typing what I want to say. Talk about
experiences, silence for a moment, reminisce high school and TAKS test. Couldnt
remember the stupid name for the reading TAKS test. Start to think about 6
th
grade
in middle school that I did the TAKS tests.
106-110: Continuously typing, and as I type I remember my middle school and high
school years when teachers would force us to write a certain way. Also when Mrs.
Parry told me I didnt get commended and nearly failed the TAKS because I wrote in
Spanglish. Next write about the rules I was forced to follow. Wrote this part with
ease. Seems like a long paragraph, start counting the sentences, and breaking it up
to make new paragraphs. Is inscribed a word? Look for synonyms, replaced it.
111-115: Writing about my teachers etching the rules to me. Silence. Experimenting
with different things to start new sentence. Remember the time I joined journalism
the first time, wrote about it. Read the sentence to see if it made sense, or what I can
edit. Silence. Start writing about how journalism helped me revise. Read sentence
over again.
116-120: After reading sentence again, I add more detail to it. Stop, read previous
sentences. Lost where I was, find myself again, read where I left off, and continue
typing. Delete sentence I was starting to write. Starting a new paragraph, where I
plan to write about good experiences; it is my conclusion. Start counting previous
sentences and break it up into paragraphs. Silence. Begin writing; stop more often to
see if Im making sense. See myself as a good writer; I can hear my keyboard clicking
vigorously so I know I was onto something.
121-125: Finishing up my conclusion, repeating previous words to see what words
that will flow next. Silence, but I hear my keyboard clicking. Read the last sentence
again. Get an idea, and continue typing enthusiastically. Stop to reread last written
words. Continue writing. Have a rhythm, talking about how I see myself as a writer.
Read previous sentences to see if they made sense with flow. Done!

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Session 3: Home, my bedroom. It is 7:48 pm on Feb. 16. Working on computer,
everyone is awake, and door is closed. My first draft with comments is opened.
Cellphone is next to me, and Facebook is opened too. Watching TV.
1-5: Remember what my biggest correction was during peer review. Begin to
organize my paper according to the suggestion my teacher gave me. Read over
paragraph, the topic it talks about, then decide where to place it. Open a new
document and copy and paste the paragraphs in the new order I want them in.
Shuffle my intro to my conclusion. Read over the last couple of paragraphs and
decide the chronological order, paste them onto new document based on time
frames. Pause. Get distracted. See a Bates Motel commercial and makes me want to
watch it now. What is that Gecko doing? (The Geico Commercial is on). Im tired and
its only 6:30, I think about how my weekend went too fast. Focus again. Read
beginning of old paragraphs, then decide to paste it onto new document based on
the topic so it could flow. Finished organizing paragraphs onto new document,
basically flipped my first draft. Start to format new document.
6-10: Still formatting my paper, adding my information. Read over new draft. Like
how my paper flows. Phone rings, but its only the recording. Check Facebook, yawn.
No ones talking to me, surprisingly.
11-15: Silence. Get back to revising. Add detail to some paragraphs. Think about
introducing myself, how am I going to introduce myself. Delete the introduction
since its one of the comments Clark gave me. See what else I can add before I look
over comments. I dont know what to say, what should I say? How can I make it
flow? Is that Bates Motel? No its not but it look interesting. Focus back on paper.
Read new intro paragraph. Think about what I could put.
16-20: Read over paragraph Im fixing. Repeat sentence Im adjusting, read it over
again, add words to it. Repeat last words typed. Move forward, like the new
sentence. Might delete a few words though. Read over next sentence I want to
adjust, repeat last words, add new words, replace a couple of words, continue
typing.
21-25: Read over next sentence I want to fix. How can I rephrase this? Read
sentence again. I yawn, silence, Im hungry, and my neck hurts. Read sentence again.
Silence. Maybe if I switch sentence positions. Read sentence again. Read paragraph
again.
26-30: Separate sentences to make new paragraph. Add new sentence, dont like
what I wrote, read over last words typed. Delete part of new sentence since it
sounds too mean. Begin to read over sentence, but become distracted by counting
how many sentences I have so far. Read next sentence. Start to formulate new
sentence, repeat beginning words like 3 times. Where can I put this other sentence?
Continue writing, dont like it so replace it, reading back last words typed to go
forward.
31-35: How can I word that? Start typing, but I reword what I dont like. Reread
what I just wrote. Continue typing. Read next sentence. Think about what to write
next. Silence and exhale in frustration. Reply to text messages. Go on Facebook.
Silence.
36-40: I smell wings. Silence. You can hear the TV in the background. Laugh at
something from Duck Dynasty. I need to study. After 3 minutes of distraction, I focus
back on paper. Yawn, then silence. Begin typing, but then I dont want say
something, so I reword it. Silence.
41-45: Begin typing again. Misspelled hobby, fixed it. Continue typing. Silence.
Started typing new sentence. Repeat what I just wrote, then continue writing.
Repeat what I wrote again. Decide to save document, name it POW. Get a text.
Silence. I take long; its been an hour now. Begin to fix corrections based on
comments I got. Open Leslys first.
46-50: Read Leslys first comment. Start thinking about it. Answer it, then move on.
Begin to answer her next comment/question. Repeat what I first wrote, think about
verifying what prose means. Go on Google and search for prose. Continue writing
sentence in order to clear Leslys question. Move onto her next comment. Locate
where she meant me to fix her comment, start thinking about how I want to answer
her question. Begin typing, repeat last words I wrote, continued typing. Start new
sentence, read beginning words I wrote, repeat a couple of times, get stuck for a bit
but then continue writing next words. Read back the sentence, then add more
words/details to it. Finish sentence, and then read it back over again. Fix and
replace some words.
51-55: Is maniacally a word? Look it up on thesaurus and dictionary. Proceed onto
next sentence. Thinking while I write how to compare it to tennis. I want to mention
rain and drizzle as a form of a metaphor. How do you spell drizzling? Read over
paragraph I just typed, replacing a couple of words. Silence. Proceed onto writing,
repeating last words typed then continue writing.
56-60: Silence, but Im thinking about how I change the pace, think about tennis and
how I slow down my serve in tennis. Begin typing. Repeat what I wrote. Got a text
and reply to it. See another Bates Motel commercial; make a mental note about
when the new season is starting. Silence. Repeat sentence. Add a little more detail to
that sentence. Go onto next comment, didnt have any more
61-65: Open Clarks comments now. I like that name, reminds me of
Superman/Clark Kent. Told me to introduce myself, begin to mention my name,
mention my major, read back what I wrote a couple of times. Move onto next
comment, think about how long Ive been playing, and start calculating it. Begin
answering Clarks question. Read back last words I typed, continue typing. Read
back full sentence; add a little more to it. Get distracted about getting a text.
66-70: Continue writing. Silence. Watching Duck Dynasty. Repeat previous words
reading, thinking about what to write next. Continue writing. Repeat sentence again,
write next words, and replace a couple. Repeated the last words like 8 times. Kept
writing after that. Read whole sentence again. Move on to the next sentence. Then
moved on to his next comment, thinking about where to move the sentences to like
Clark suggested. Finished with Clarks comments and now onto Melissas. Silence.
Read Melissas comments. Think about her question. Decide to delete a couple of
words I had previously.
71-75: Go back to Melissas comment, and then answer it. I type it, repeat the
previous words to go to the next words. Continue typing, and then decide not to
mention practice. Read sentence again, continue typing new words to end sentence.
Read sentence again. Move onto her next comment. Read the paragraph where I
mention it to get ideas of what to mention. Think about both bad and good
experiences I had. Type the first bad experience first and add detail to it, get
distracted because I got a text. Finish replying, read sentence Im currently typing,
and then continue writing more to it. Silence.
76-80: Reword previous sentence. Think about a good experience I had, then start
introducing this experience, continue writing and elaborating on the sentence. Look
for synonym of eloquent, read over this part of the sentence, add more detail to it.
Reword how to properly name the schools newspaper. OMG I cant spell! Silence.
Read over whole paragraph I just wrote. Move onto her next comment. Think about
how to answer it. Mom comes in and starts asking me what time my sister left and
tells me to go feed dogs.
PAUSE RECORDING.
81-85: Came back from feeding the dogs, and I have hot fries to snack on. Read the
second comment Melissa had. How do the good and back experiences compare to
the ones in tennis. Whats another word for such as? Start typing the answer to her
question. Think about the bad experiences I had in tennis, become a little sad about
this, but then think about the good experience I had in tennis. Remember also when
my uncle told me I would never be good in tennis because of tennis. Delete the first
bad tennis experience and replace it with my uncle one. I add more detail to my
good tennis experience, remembering how I earned my #1 spot rather than losing it.
Type next sentence and start to conclude this comment. Read sentences over again,
Im satisfied. Read her next comment. Get a text, read it and reply to it. Silence.
86-90: Read her comment again. Think about what I meant by moral. Start typing to
explain what I meant by moral, pause for a second, and then continue writing.
Annoyed because I missed my favorite part on the Duck Dynasty episode. Move onto
her next comment, then try to locate where I mentioned the technique part. Think
about a couple examples to give. Try to remember the rules my previous English
teachers forced me to write. Then think about what new techniques Ms. Almanzar
showed me, I reminisced to the first time I sat on her desk and she spoke to me one
on one during editing. Start typing. Delete Most importantly since I used it already.
91-93: Continue typing for current sentence. Read back what I last wrote, think
about what to say next, and then I continue to type. Stop typing, read back the
sentence I just finished, and then added more words and information to it. Done.
Close Blackboard and Email.

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