creative writing club #1

last week, there was a newcomer with a story, like there always should be.
his tale was an very much concept driven and his style was erratic and forceful, and from what i saw, he was trying too hard to be an action-packed script rather than the opening to a novelette.

how im achieving outcome 1:
when we reviewed his excerpt, i had noticed my own distaste for the style, and in doing so recognized my hastiness. i was ready to criticize and mock, and that was wrong.

how im achieving outcome 7:
i took a breath and waited until it was my turn to speechify. when it came time, i asked the writer whether he wanted to hear some constructive criticism. by this time i had composed something much diluted from the earlier tirade my thoughts had prepared.
he agreed to hear me out and i recommended that for greatest clarity, he might wish to slow the pacing and describe the paradigms of this story's reality in a paragraph or two, so as not to shock the reader culturally. this input opened the floor for more constructive discussion and the people who had given no advice suddenly made comments that one could tell, the writer was actually gaining insight from...
this i think is a development of my ability to empathize with others.

bull squad entry 3

psat setup after school on tuesday the 12th of October.
did such over the course of an hour, alongside kyle healy: organized seven+ rooms into rows of evenly spaced desks, tables and chairs, transferring furniture from room to room in preperation for the standardized testing of the coming day. achieved learning outcome: impact of global (acedemic) importance, due to the test's needs, to prevent disorganization and promote efficiency in this very important test for juniors future. preserves integrity of test and does not deduct from facultys' other responsabilities.

(unofficial cleanup after open mic nite) 19th October.
was one of the crowd that re-furnished the music room post production. was important because the help reduced stress of preformers and faculty, restoring the layout of the learning area. not very crucial, but was something i did.

hiking club entry 2

i would like to establish that my failure to participate in the white mountain trek several weeks back was only due to my incapability to scrounge the materials required, such as a tent, sleeping bag, ect, which is apropriate considering that fiscally, one cannot always be prepared and such fiscally challenged folks are not always capable to support such hobbies.

every day i walk 1-2 miles each direction to and from my busstop in varying weather and baggage conditions. though this is necessary, any benefit this may have to my hiking ability is completely unintentional, but may indirectly affect my capabilities in the field. there is a hike next week on the 17th which i have reschedualed a college tour to attend. it will be from truro to providencetown.