Lanham Method

I use writing as a way to escape life. Whether this is a good or bad thing, you can decide. It works for me. Moving from one time period to another is something I love to experience. Reading is an important aspect of my life. Both professionally and personally, reading inspires me with new and creative ideas.

I don't remember reading for the first time, but I do remember laying my bed reading with my Mom. We read books like The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter by Evelyn Scott and James in the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Seeing my mom read constantly caused me to bring a book with me everywhere I go.

My reading really took off in high school. In AP English class, I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Exposing myself to that kind of reading level is a growing experience. I found that plot and characters is not all there is to a story. All of a sudden I saw deeper meanings and themes.

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In class I have already expressed my woes of semicolons so that is one punctuation mark I would like to be able to use without being scared I am making a fool of myself. Well I will probably make a fool of myself more than once in class but I hope it won’t be grammatical. The example from the worksheet, First Day Activities, “Mottsburgh is a busy industrial city, thousands of cars and trucks move through it every day,” is one that I could see needed a semicolon. In my own writing however I second guess myself on whether to use one or not. That is just one of the punctuation marks that I need to work on this semester.

Nervousness and anxiety ridden, I try to write without making a fool of myself (absolute). In class I have already expressed my woes of semicolons, so that is one punctuation mark I would like to use without making a fool of myself. Making a fool of myself is nothing out of the ordinary for me, but I will try to make it a rare occurrence (participle). The Semicolon, an evil and confusing punctuation mark, keeps me second guessing myself and my grammar (appositive). Working on semicolons this semester, the Grammar Hammer will master them (participle).