Monday, April 21, 2014

Thoughts on a recent article

http://nypost.com/2014/02/22/why-doodling-is-a-habit-you-dont-need-to-break/

The article I read is called "Why doodling is a habit you don't need to break" And I think it mentally speaks to me.

It's about that it's ok to doodle on your notes and it's healthy to draw ideas rather than just to write them down. After given examples from recent presidents, you think that's more than enough to convince you.

Some of my thoughts while reading this is "I already do this so why do I have to know more about this." Towards the middle of reading this article, I got to think more about the things I think about and how that effects the way I learn. It shows that I'm more of a visual and creative person rather than just leaning with verbal commands.

This article also convinced me that I should tell more people that it's ok to just let your mind go and draw on your paper, because who knows, they might turn out to be masterpieces or autographs.

Between the Lines-Beginning thoughts

After reading the first 10% of the book (I don't have the page numbers because I'm reading this on my kindle), I realized it might be one of those instant love cliche books.
But it actually is.
It's one of those classic novels where the girl meets the boy by taking the lead role in a movie. Then she realizes that she's in love with him and basically parts from Twilight (excluding the vampire parts) happen.
I do have two questions for this book-

1) Will there be action soon? It really feels like a love story of mush.
2)  Is there any part where the character will show interest in anything relating to love or is that just going to continue for the rest of the 90%

Overall, it's a nice book, it just needs to be something not relating to love for a little bit.

Monday, April 14, 2014

A Study on Krista Ramsey's Writing

(Photo from the article)

The article I chose is "Locking into the Magic of Legos." (Link can be found -> here <-)

It was about the controversy of Legos and how it affects how children play today. It's as almost parents are concerned that their child isn't making even the slightest sound after their wide-awake early parenthood years.

The quote I thought that had the most thought was "that's because kids are off the clock with Legos. They're in a world beyond learning objectives and select soccer, safely out of reach of arranged play dates and online language programs. Legos let them claim the two things adults don't even realize they need: space and silence." The beginning of the sentence starts with a short sentence to grab the reader's attention of the problem with Legos. This quote tells the reader that kids need time to their self no matter what they're really doing-because if that silence or concentration is broken for a second, it may never be the same way again.


Ramsey's writing style is using syntax as a way to get the readers to pay attention to what she's trying to say. In all three columns, it was likely that there was a short sentence to start an idea she had. When she was explaining something, medium and long sentences were used. She also uses thoughts and meanings that connect us with the article in some way that remind us "hey, I do that sometimes too."


My three questions to Krista Ramsey would be-

1) How far and deep do you look for a fresh piece of news to write about?
2) If another job was presented to you before you started working with the Cincinnati Enquirer, would you take it up?
3) What do you like to write about the most?