Short Story ReactionsT

Overall: The stories that were provided were extremely beneficial. After reading, I had to run to my computer, and immediately start work on my narrative.

I was also surprised at the lack of story line in many of the stories however, I still found myself enjoying the stories. I mean, Eggs? 

Now I have stated that these essays were good. Now I think what made these essays so good was their style. Some examples of exemplary style were.....

I never saw him eat scrambled eggs. How could he know about my story? He read it and said, "What the Hell is this?"

My father, a marine corps fighter pilot, 220 pounds, six two, a blunt instrument: a semiautomatic assault weapon. 

It felt and smelled so much better, classier, than the cheap paper books I had up till then- that funky sour stink 

issuing out of comic and big little books. 

There was also an emotional appeal to some of the essays as well. The most powerful to me was by far in the Pat Conroy, "But it was this terrible union that made me want to be writer." 

I was really intrigued by all of these essays and found them to both a good read and beneficial to me as a writer. Cheers to more in the future.