It seems like it would be easier to organize your thoughts this way.

The introduction is my favorite part, and I like this description of it.

I almost never complete an outline for anything, so it will be interesting to see how much it really helps. (I imagine it's a lot, but I'm a big fan of winging it at 12 am and submitting the first draft...) I'd kind of like one that is a little flexible so I can kind of follow whatever ideas come into my head... That sounds awful but it works for me.

I was always taught that your thesis must address each paragraph individually, and I wonder if that might be good for my essay.

In public school ( or at least in the one I went to), you're normally given a very specific outline that you have to fill out and turn in with your essay. Thus, I wonder what methods there are that I was never taught. This seems pretty similar to how I was usually required to do it. I actually like including the thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph.

This would explain why writing activities that center around just creating something quickly and not paying attention to what you're writing is really useful to help generate new ideas and get over writer's block.

This is honestly shocking to me. Creativity is such a core part of humanity and I can't understand why we haven't study it more.

This is another thing that kind of gets on my nerves... Writing is, like any other endeavor, a risk. However, there's no need to tell people that it's too dangerous to even try at.

I love this because media often portrays writers as being money-grubbing leaches who hate their jobs when that's just not true.

This explains why writers travel and try to new things to get "inspired".

This actually makes a lot of sense. Often people improve as a writer, artist, etc because they try different styles and see what works for them.

This is really interesting because creativity is usually thought of in terms of output rather than input.

This reminds me of the right-brain vs left-brain thing. Are people who are more inclined to convergent thinking inherently analytical rather than creative?

This seems like it would encourage a more creative personality.

Even those who aren't born very creative can become more so if they fuel their creativity with lots of outside inspirations.

I think this makes sense. Those who express themselves via fine art tend to draw on their personal experiences.

I have been told for nearly my whole life and continue to be told that writing isn't a career and that I should pursue it as a hobby after I get a "real job". However, I always wonder what might've happened if Picasso had quit when everyone told him his art was terrible and his painting weren't selling. Something tells me that art is more important than the way I sustain my living.

In the same sense that we learn more about ourselves when writing, we also tend to learn from our characters the true nature of people. A good writer knows how to make a flawed character that seems so tragically real that one can't help but fall in love. While putting effort into turning words on paper into humans, we tend to come to some realizations about the people around us.

In the same way that we all tend to live vicariously through characters from our favorite tv shows, we find a little bit of adventurous spirit in the things we both consume and create.

This is true, and I would like to volunteer that there are more reasons for this. Not all writers model their characters after themselves, but the story has to come from somewhere, and it's usually a place of familiarity. Writing pulls little details and secrets from our hiding places and holds them in front of our face.

She waits for him to finish and then asks for him to clarify his statement.

She uses his answer for the previous question to transition into the next one.

She treats the interview like a discussion and wants her father to participate. She asks this without turning the interview's focus to her.

Melva explains the story without interrupting, excluding her father, or being disrespectful.

My own father constantly states that this is true. He's a very smart man and has had a great education, and, yet, he is still affected by false news. This just shows how willing people are to believe anything that supports their own opinion.