The ostrich brief blog post

              I'm supposed to review the writing process I took on this essay, well this essay took twice as long as the others did. I am not as happy as I usually am after completing an assignment. I put a lot of thought and effort into this project and it just felt blah to me.
              I titled this paper the ostrich brief because the whole thing took on a bit of a conspiracy theory feel to it, I thought calling it a brief would bring back memories of that conspiracy movie The Pelican Briefs. I named it Ostrich because first it is also a bird but mostly because when they get scared they bury there heads in the ground and I intended that to be a representation of buying into the hype or propaganda.
              The first few days of the week I photocopied articles I thought would work for my thesis. I highlighted then underlined passages I thought I could use. I rewrote the thesis with some minor changes. I had to change what I was saying a few times as evidence came about changing my the theories or discrediting them.
               I had to take several breaks as the material was dry and depressing in most cases. Postmodern writing is art but I don't think it's my kind of art. Topics were interesting but tedious much like this blog. My family life was interrupting constantly and pushing me a bit hard this time.  used three sources by DeLillo and three other sources as well.  I'm glad I read this book it has been a bit enlightening for me. I will probably never read a postmodern book again but I am glad for the experience. It was hard setting aside time to reread curtain parts as it was hard to follow the first time.
               Must have tools for this project included two iPhones, an iPad, an iMac desktop, and two POS laptops one still running vista yay. Most helpful app during this project is the dictionary and thesaurus app. The ability to define or substitute words on the fly was important, I could not have completed this task in the time I had otherwise.
                Revision is important because writing projects take on a life of there own and often lead you to places you never thought you would go. Stoping and reviewing and getting a fresh look always yields fruit. I was lucky enough to have my husband reread most of what I wrote as he had a fresh look at all the data.