Dec 7th, 2010
Chris Young
College Student
University of Alaska Fairbanks
P.O. Box 752407
Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775
Dear friend,
Thank you for taking the time to review my research paper the other day. This has really helped get through lesson 13, which required someone to look at my paper, and also allowed me to get through lesson 14, which required me to revise my paper.
As per your requests, I have changed a lot of the wording and made the grammar a lot better. My purpose is to pass this class with at least a B, and that is something I think will happen. You have been a good friend in this endeavor by giving me advice on other topics for English, and for helping correct my spelling. I hope that one day I may be able to return the favor in some other way.
Sincerely,
Chris Young
College Student
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Lesson 15.1: Resume
Chris Young
Bartlett Hall, rm 503
11/22/1987
Objective:
To replace my English 111 grade from 2008 with at least a B, if not an A.
Academic Writing Experience
* Introduction to Academic Writing -- English 111 (Fall 2010)
* Wrote a research paper about the need to conserve rainforests.
* Academic Writing about the Social and Natural Sciences (Spring 2009)
* Wrote a research paper on the environmental impacts of oil
Other Writing Experience
* Free-form roleplaying (1997-2002)
* Ran a nation in Madagascar that was trying to take over Africa after a nuclear holocaust that devaststaed the world
* Ran an empire set in space, called the "Planetary Freedom Fighters", that was founded by a group of rebels and terrorists that had overthrown an oppressive dictatorship
* Dungeons and Dragons (2010)
* Wrote two backgrounds for characters for Dungeons and Dragons. One, a wizard, the other, a rogue.
* Short stories
* The Mercenary (2006)
* Terrorists in Alaska steal 30 APCs for the Russians, and the U.S. military hires an elite force of commandoes based out of Indonesia to find and recover the stolen materiel.
* The Pirate Hunter (2007)
* Freetrader Rashani Vance is attacked by a vessel. He mounts a successful defense before launching an attack of his own, capturing both the vessel, and the captain, who is wanted by the Torelli family for crimes against traders under their protection
Bartlett Hall, rm 503
11/22/1987
Objective:
To replace my English 111 grade from 2008 with at least a B, if not an A.
Academic Writing Experience
* Introduction to Academic Writing -- English 111 (Fall 2010)
* Wrote a research paper about the need to conserve rainforests.
* Academic Writing about the Social and Natural Sciences (Spring 2009)
* Wrote a research paper on the environmental impacts of oil
Other Writing Experience
* Free-form roleplaying (1997-2002)
* Ran a nation in Madagascar that was trying to take over Africa after a nuclear holocaust that devaststaed the world
* Ran an empire set in space, called the "Planetary Freedom Fighters", that was founded by a group of rebels and terrorists that had overthrown an oppressive dictatorship
* Dungeons and Dragons (2010)
* Wrote two backgrounds for characters for Dungeons and Dragons. One, a wizard, the other, a rogue.
* Short stories
* The Mercenary (2006)
* Terrorists in Alaska steal 30 APCs for the Russians, and the U.S. military hires an elite force of commandoes based out of Indonesia to find and recover the stolen materiel.
* The Pirate Hunter (2007)
* Freetrader Rashani Vance is attacked by a vessel. He mounts a successful defense before launching an attack of his own, capturing both the vessel, and the captain, who is wanted by the Torelli family for crimes against traders under their protection
Lesson 14.1: Doing things differently
What I wish I did differently was start this paper earlier and have a better idea of where I wanted to take it. I did a lot of research, but probably could have used more sources. Other than that I'm not really sure what I would do differently because I think it actually turned out ok.
Lesson 13.1: Consulting Others
Consulting another person on my work has always been a hard task for me. While I have been a writer for quite awhile, I am still very shy about my writing, because I think a lot of it is subpar. Although I have been told that I am a good writer, I still feel like i have a lot of work ahead of me. So I was understandably nervous when I consulted my friend, who has a bachelor's degree in creative writing, to look at my work. There are a lot of similarities betweenc reative writing and academic writing, because grammar, syntax, spelling, it's all the same thing from the same language.
My friend is a good, kind person, however. And he gave me a lot of feedback very quick, which allowed me to revise my essay and complete lesson 13. Although he was critical about my work, he was also constructive about it too. he is also a guy who has a lot of experience writing outside of academics, because he maintains a blog that he makes an entry to every day, so he is definitely a person who can be trusted and could be considered an authority on English, so going to him for advice was definitely be a good choice.
My friend is a good, kind person, however. And he gave me a lot of feedback very quick, which allowed me to revise my essay and complete lesson 13. Although he was critical about my work, he was also constructive about it too. he is also a guy who has a lot of experience writing outside of academics, because he maintains a blog that he makes an entry to every day, so he is definitely a person who can be trusted and could be considered an authority on English, so going to him for advice was definitely be a good choice.
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