Serena Kuhn September 13, 2016 Inspire Freshman English Period 5/ Hopkins Polished Writing #1 Draft #2 “A Mother's Tale” by James Agee or “On My Mind” Most of the pieces of writing that we've listened to in English class each B day have been completely unrelated to my responses to their tiles. To be completely honest, | don't try too hard to accurately compare my writing to the actual topic of the quick write that day. Sometimes the texts will ine up and other times, which is most of the time, my writing winds up just becoming a rant which is fine with me. | have a lot on my mind ail the time so usually when I get a chance to write whatever | want, it ends up being an endless stream of whatever pops in my head at that, second. It is very likely that this essay will become a rant itseff. Once my mind opens up and | get in the zone of super-speed writing | unleash every worry, complaint, and question | have in my mind. | think a Jot and | try to turn those thoughts into songs and poems which are a nice way to morph my crazy, unhinged ideas into rhythmic verses of aesthetically pleasing art, Then there are other times where my thoughts are too fast and too complex to shorten into several rhyming lines with a beat and melody. In some way, my own writing just doesn't seem good enough to describe what I'm feeling. Even rants like these don't satisfy my deep desire to release every thought from my head into well-written narrative. Does every amazing author or lyricist discover the secret to accurately expressing the thoughts in their head? Maybe I'll figure it out. One thing I know is that this essay has in fact turned into a rant and I'm okay with that. Maybe someone who reads this will understand and be able to relate to how | feel. And maybe I'l discover the secret to getting my thoughts on paper. Until then, I'l proceed to think and to write.