Let's get Things Started, Again!

Hello everyone,

I’ve been taking some time away from blogging these past few months, and its all because I needed to spend some quality personal time with myself. Since I began taking a pre-law course at San Francisco State this fall semester, I hardly have any time on my hands to sit down and express myself personally or professionally anymore. In the past weeks, instead of sitting in front of my computer and writing a paragraph or two, I now spend most of my time taking timed essays and working through logic puzzles. Working through logic puzzles is something I never imagined myself doing back in high school—puzzles were for the dweebs and geeks—but candidly speaking, I get a real kick out of it! In fact, I think logic puzzles help with analyzing hypothetical questions in class. I’m not sure how many of my readers are aware of this, but pre-law hypo exams are extremely vigorous. I’ve already taken a few practice hypos in class and the one thing I've learn quickly is how little time you have to respond to the question, evaluate the facts, and analyze the problem. I remember during my first hypo, my thought process was scattered all over the place and before I knew it--time had run out. Since that moment, I try to utilize majority of my time practicing and studying for the next hypo.

On another note, I also want to take some time to mention a couple of extremely useful books that helped simplify my life this semester. I’ll even go as far as to say that after I integrated these tools that were featured in the books into my writing, I could see a significant improvement. Now, the good thing is that you can find these books just about anywhere, so there is no need to fret about where to grab them. The next, is that they are very inexpensive---roughly $10-$15 max. The first book is called, 501 Grammar and Writing Questions. This book has several exercises in each chapter that review simple rules on word and sentence structure such as, subject verb agreement, pronoun usage, and grammar and punctuation exercises. The second book is called, Legal Writing in Plain English, which also has a ton of exercises, especially, for those who want or are working in the legal field. I won’t give away all the details from this book, but the most pivotal tools I obtained from this book is that all writers must transform themselves into four characters when sculpting a piece literature. If you’re interested in improving your writing or know someone who could use one of these great resourceful books, just click on the link down below.

Take it easy.

Chris

P.S. Today, I would like recognize the lost of a great high school friend---Kimberly Plump---R.I.P.