On Monday we had our last guest speaker of the term. As I walked into class I knew nothing about Brandon and I was wondering if I would be able to connect with him or if I would not be able to.
Well it did not take more than a few seconds to show me that I was interested which was a god thing. I walk in and he hands me the current issue of Brass, and I think to myself I have seen this before in my house. So that also helped me gain interest. I turned to his cover story which was very well done.
The first most important thing I learned from him was you have to enjoy what your doing. If you don't whats the point in doing it? I took a lot of thought into that and its true. If I'm not doing something I love, chances are I wont put my heart into it.
The next thing I learned was talk to anyone and everyone and network because you never know who or what can help you in the future. I really like this advice because its true you must be well connected.
The last thing I learned from him was to know your subject really well and make the story your own. I looked at all three of these things and said to myself I did all this with the volleyball team in the stories I post so I could really understand what he was talking about.
Brandon was a very good guest in class and had great information, the best thing was that he was from LBCC and doing what he loves.
Scott -
ReplyDeleteGreat post! One thing you can play with is to try to turn a list into... well... a not-list. For example, when describing an apple, I COULD write: "First of all, apples are usually red. Second, apples have a stem coming out of the top. Last, apples have worms in them 99% of the time." It's a list, and that's cool, but it also looks and reads like a list.
So I could ALSO write it kinda like this: "I have this apple, and I know that they're usually red. I've noticed that they have a stem which is sort of pointless when you're trying to eat it, and they seem to have worms in them pretty much every time you bite into one."
Obviously this isn't a direct application--you'd have to play with the structure to fit what you're writing about--but the concept is the same.
Thanks again for having me, and look out for those apples... I hear they always have worms in them. I always figured it was a myth, but if the Internet says it's true, it must be!
-Brandon