Thursday, July 13, 1978 The day started off normally, the birds were my only alarm on these beautiful summer days. And the occasional mother or father telling me "Wake up JoJo it's 11:35 in the afternoon" Yeah, unlike the rest of the neighborhood, playing out side on the amazing parks and playgrounds of Santa Maria, California I, Jonathan Romo would rather hang out with my friends at the abandoned sewer pipes and train tracks... even though those places that once filled me with relaxation and comfort, Now fill me with terror and hatefulness. Let me Start from the beginning, Richard, a tall, pale boy with a slender body and wavy black hair, thick black eyebrows and a little stubble on his chin. Jax, Average height around 5'10"-6' his muscular figure makes him look a bit taller he has green eyes, manicured eyebrows from his aunts salon, and most of the time perfectly slicked back hair with a strand that hangs out, you will most likely catch him with a tooth pick in his mouth chewed by his colegate white smile. and finally his tattoos that cover his left arm & scars that he got in jail. It was a hot summer day and we were all riding our bikes, Jake always having a trouble with them but at the same time his debts mechanical shop is always handy down the street. We stop by his aunts salon so we can pick up some extra money so we can go to the store. She tells him he can’t keep begging for money he needs to start getting a job she suggest working at his fathers shop. After leaving the shop we head down to the store, pick up a couple of snacks Then head down to the abandoned sewer drain. But something seems off, the weather said to getting more gloomy and dark. The wind started picking up, tiny drops of rain starts trickle down on us. Jack’s says we should probably head back eyes because it’s getting cold and I didn’t bring it good enough sweater for this type awa but something seems off, the weather said to getting more gloomy and dark. The wind started picking up, tiny drops of rain starts trickle down on us. Jax says “we should probably head back guys because it’s getting cold and I didn’t bring it good enough sweater for this type of weather”. As he finishes his last word the thing sticks out it’s a long hairy and extremely thin Arm and drags him down the sewer drain. As me and Richard stare at each other in disbelief and frightened looks, will begin to walk steadily towards the sewer drain we don’t know why we both feel possessed by some sort of creature, anything,anything would be better than being in this moment right now... A couple of hours past no luck finding jacks are we here is the steroid drip of the leaky pipes and sometimes… A small shrill scream from Jack’s. We ran back to the mother son told her about everything that happened they never believe this they think we did send it to Jack’s. We try to convince her that we didn’t do anything to him but that didn’t work. They called the cops, 35 years later pass by and here I am Jonathan Romo finally writing the story of what really happened.
Student's Choice Semester I & II Reflection Questions
Answer all questions with complete, grammatically correct sentences. Be specific and thoroughly address each question.
List one thing you've learned from writing this paper that you have applied to other writing assignments. My mind is more capable of thinking of more creative and outgoing stories than I thought.
Identify a challenge you faced while writing this paper (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you overcome the challenge? What did you learn? I think I had a time problem and also I kind of forgot the set up of the story and how it should go.
What genre does this paper fit? How do you know? I believe if it’s in Fictional because it is not real and it’s a piece of my imagination.
Given more time to work on this paper, how would you improve it?I believe I would go more into depth on each character and develop the story better instead of just rushing through it and putting it all out there at one.
Why did you choose to include this paper? What do you want me to learn about you as a writer?I included because I wanted to challenge myself to see if I knew how to write something else than what is given to me already. I wanted you to see that I can possibly write something more than just a simple story but if I had more time I could probably write a better story than this.