It's the end!After weeks upon weeks of words, typing, organizing, and formatting, we have reached the end of Genius Hour. (I thought I wasn't gonna make it.) I ended with 50,438 words, and 110 pages. I did something I never ever thought I could do and I am extremely proud of myself. As for the final week...For week 12 of Genius Hour I didn't do anything too interesting, besides obviously writing. But I did take a moment to reflect on everything I had done. Here is what I realized: 1.) There is nothing holding you back from accomplishing your goals but yourself. As you can obviously see I have done a project that required a lot more work than your average Genius Hour project (not to brag or anything). It took determination, and a mindset that allowed me to fall behind and catch back up. 2.) I have a love hate relationship with writing. I love to talk, write, communicate, all of the above. Sometimes though, you can get burnt out, even doing things you love. This is where I found myself with the book, and the blog posts. After a long day of writing, planning, and doing homework, at the end of the day I didn't want to write the blog posts. Even though they were something I enjoyed doing. 3.) That I wish teachers would do more stuff like this. Let us do a project that shows us that we can do ANYTHING if we put our mind to it. I feel like a lot of kids grow up with the idea that they can't do what they dream of, which is not true at all. So with that said I want to say thank you Mr. Barker, for pushing me to do something I never thought I could do before now. One last segment for the road... (I'll post the book don't worry)I'm not going to make you buy the book on Amazon when I inevitably become famous. I'll publish it right here on my website, after a couple days of editing of course.
"“I’ve been outside these walls. And whats out there- It’s amazing. You have to trust me. I know that’s hard, because us as society have been unified through lies and manipulation. I want to put a stop to this. Let’s be truthful, lets figure out what is out there, let’s make life the best it can be for everyone. But in order to do that you need to trust me and my team, I glance over at Quinn, Asher, and Monica who are all standing behind me. We can do this, and we can make progress in the right direction this time."
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An Excerpt..."I hear an announcement boom on the airborne speakers; PEOPLE OF MELIORA WELCOME YOUR NEW PRINCESS, PRINCESS WAVERLY! A rumble of applause and cheers erupt, and people bow and curtsy as if I am a miracle in human form. Along with the positive cheers there are many boos and curses, presumably from the people who don’t want me or my dad to be in the palace. When the applause starts to die down, the oddly still man holds a blade up in the air, the light reflecting off of it perfectly. There are more cheers from the crowd. I do what Asher told me to do, hold my arm out, and focus on the different noises coming from the crowd. “You’re doing really well.” The King puts his hand on my shoulder, continuing to look out into the crowd. If only he knew what I was about to do." My Progress..The main thing I have accomplished this week was planning out my entire story. I've found that I write much faster if I know what I am writing about before I start. The way I have been planning consists of writing a brief one sentence summary of the section, and then writing a dialogue segment from each section. I color code the sections to keep them divided, and type each section on a different google doc to prevent from the lag on the main document. The divisions look like this: This method helps me to write faster, as well as keeping up with the plot. Bumps in the Road...As we are nearing Christmas break, teachers tend to up the work load on kids on top of final exams and tests. Although I've been very busy, I've still made time for the book, just not as much as I would like to. I do a lot of writing in class these days, as well as in my extra curriculars. This honestly makes me feel a little burnt out, and doesn't motivate me to write at all. Even as I'm writing this blog post, I am struggling to find the words to put on the page.
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