Top 4 Vacation Spots

In my years of living (which isn't a lot) I have gone on some amazing vacations thanks to my parents. I have had amazing experiences while on all of these vacations and I'm extremely lucky to have been able to go.
This is a really hard list to make considering I've been to amazing places.

1. Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts- Provincetown is an amazing place and was actually my first vacation. I've been there quite a few times and each time it's nearly impossible to get bored. During the day I would usually go to Herring Cove and it's an amazing beautiful beach. But there is tons of stuff to do there. At night you can go to Commercial St. and go shop and eat out. It's lively and there are so many amazing people. It's definitely my favorite place.
2. Scotland
When I say Scotland I mean Edinburgh and Glasgow because that's where I went. Since my family is from Glasgow that's where I spent most of my time. The people there are unbelievably friendly and helpful. Downtown Glasgow is so nice as well. They have amazing shops like Primark and great food like Greggs. If you're going to Scotland you should definitely make your way to Glasgow. When I went to Edinburgh I went at a perfect time. It was fringe festival and I went to the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo and that was an amazing experience that more people should try. Overall Scotland is amazing and beautiful.
3. Clearwater, FL
The one truly amazing thing about Clearwater is there beaches. If you want a really good beach then Clearwater is definitely a place you'll love. They also have amazing weather and tourist attractions.
4. Toronto, Canada
I might just say that Toronto is one of my Favorite places because I went to an amazing concert there but actually Toronto is a really fun city. There are tons of shops and restaurants. The people there are also very friendly, and just a bit aways is Ikea. :)

Where my Writing Hides Poem

My writing hides behind fear.

My writing hides in my heart not wanting to show all the emotions I have.

My writing hides in the lead of a pencil.

My writing hides from me when I watch TV.

My writing hides when I’m trying to look for it.

It hides when I’m trying write

It hides in my hands not in the mood to write.

But sometimes it won’t hide and I can find it.

Or it will just show itself.

Narrative Poem

  I slowly slipped into darkness the silhouette of the doctor’s face fading away                
 Everything was going darker and darker
Until I felt a blinding light hit my face. 
    I slowly opened my eyes and saw a room covered in white
All white and every inch of the ceiling was covered in crystals.
I got off of the plush bed and walked over to the thin spiral staircase.
 It was so tiny I could barely fit.          
 I looked up and saw a bunch of faces talking to me.
 They kept calling me I couldn’t tell if I knew them or not.             
 I kept walking, it didn’t feel like I was walking.
 It was like I was floating up the stairs.
 Once it seemed like I got to the top they would expand more.
 It didn’t seem like I was able to stop either.
 I kept hearing my name.              
 The walls seemed like they were closing in on me
 I looked up and the ceiling was coming down too
 I crouched down to see if I could escape but I couldn’t. 
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes when everything seemed to be silent.
Nothing moved and I heard a soft beep.
Beep…beep…beep
 It went pitch black again.
 Nothing Happened.

 I slowly opened my eyes to see if I was in the white room
But I wasn’t.
I was greeted by the people in my dreams.
There smiling blurry faces looking down on me.

Snippit of Story

This is a little part of the story I wrote a bit ago and never finished

 

A woman was sitting on a chair looking out the window, to a field of sunflowers. She was remembering the moment when she was healthy and young and would run in the field with all her friends. The wind would blow through her brown hair and when she came back into the house she would have pollen all over her. All of the girls would all lay down in an empty part of the field and just lay, looking into the sun feeling the warmth spread all through their bodies. She would open her blue eyes and see the birds and clouds.  She would touch the soft cotton dress material that would make her fall asleep and she would touch the fabric through her fingers. Slowly falling asleep and not returning home until mama was about to serve dinner.               

The Romance Genre

The Romance Novels are a literary Genre,. It's main focus is having two people in love or more. There are many subgenres to The Romance Genre.

Expectations for a Romance Genre

• A Sympathetic Heroine
• A Strong Irresistible Hero
• Likeable Characters
• Emotional Tension
• An Interesting Believable Plot
• A Happy Ending

Readers of the Romance Genre

• Since there are many subgenres of Romance it attracts different types of readers.
• There are Fantasists who read the Romance Genre for Science Fiction or Speculative Fiction. Like the Hunger Games is speculative fiction but it also has romance.
• Realist readers would read romance because they may want to find personal experiences and it's not out of the ordinary.

Sub-Genres

• Paranormal
• Historical
• Regency, Horror/ Gothic
• LGBT
• Inspiration
• Contemporary
• African American/Urban

Popular Romance Books

• The Notebook
• The Fault in our Stars
• Pride and Prejudice
• Eleanor and Park
• Hunger Games Trilogy

Popular Romance Authors

• Nicholas Sparks
• John Green
• Stephanie Meyers
• E.L James
• Meg Cabot

Favorite Romance Books

Since in my last post I was writing about the Romance Genre I thought I would tell you some of my Favorite romance books.  And if you don't want to buy any books then there are some really good books to a website called Wattpad and it's completely FREE! All you have to do is type in a genre or whatever you want and you can read stories that people come up with. Usually they are really good and pretty long. You can even write a story. Here are my favorite Romance books.

• The Shadow Falls Series by C.C Hunter
• On the Fence by Katie West
• Deadly Little Secret Series by Laurie Stolraz
• Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
• The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles
• So Much Closer by Suzane Colasanti
• Something Like Fate by Suzane Colasanti
• Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen 
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen 
• Girl Online by Zoe Sugg 
• Match Series by Allie Condie
• The Wrong Side of Wright by Jenn Marie Thorne
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
• PaperTowns by John Green 
• Let it Snow Short Stories
• The Winnie Years Series by Lauren Myracle 

(I know it's alot of books but it's worth it)

Romance Genre

So in my Performance Word and Text class we are talking about Genre's and our favorite. My favorite is definitely Romance. I love everything about Romance, these books have made me fall in love with love. I read mostly YA (Young Adult) Romances right now, and they're extremely sweet. Since I don't have a love life right now, I like to read about other peoples. It's nice because most of the time they are pretty realistic, and I can connect with them on some level. I get so involved with the book I feel like I'm watching from the sidelines. I root for different characters and I'm not going to lie but I cry a lot too. I feel that the Romance Genre give a lot of girls some hope, that there is that one amazing guy out there waiting for you (and there is, so don't worry). Everyone just wants to read a book and hope for a good ending and a happily ever after.

Writing Careers

I think from my last post, I should also have a bit of a conclusion to the writing career. Besides Journalism and Communications there are hundreds of other writing occupations that you could major in.
Like:

• Author- An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work and can also be described as a writer.
• Blogger
• Copy Editor-Copy editing (also copy-editing or copyediting, sometimes abbreviatedce) is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text.
• Freelancer-A freelancer or freelance worker is a term commonly used for a person who is self-employed and is not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term
• Ghost Writer-Ghostwriter is a term used most often for a professional writer-for-hire -- of books, manuscripts, screenplays, scripts, articles, blog posts, stories, reports, whitepapers, or other texts. The finished product is usually, but not always, officially credited to another person, hence the term "ghost." The ghostwriter is often hidden, that is.
• Journalist
• Literary Editor
• Poet
• Screenwriter
• Speech Writer
• Technical Writer
• Website Writer

There are many more Occupations you could try, If you look up Writing Occupations on Wikipedia you can find an entire list the definitions are also on that Wikipedia page.

Journalism/Communications Career

One thing that I've wanted for a while is major in Journalism/Communications while I am in college. Since I was in second grade I knew I wanted to do something with writing as a career. We took a survey on what our favorite thing to do was in school. We all stood up and went to different areas. Finally, writing was called and I was the only one sitting on the floor. Most kids chose gym or art but I chose writing. I was always passionate about writing, I've always had a good imagination and would create this own little word and story and make it my own. As I got older I started to like Social Studies because I was able to do a lot of research. Google was like my best friend, I was always on it. So one day, I asked someone what's something that you can do with research and writing? Journalism. I became obsessed with the idea of being a journalist and being able to write about different stories. I started watching the news all the time to see everything that was happening current day. Then eventually, I started writing short stories about events that had happened or I would write about the war going on or 9/11. For the next couple years I had it implanted in my brain that I wanted to be a Journalist. Then, one Christmas Eve I started talking to my cousin about her career, she was in Public Relations area (Communications). She told me all these stories about meeting celebrities and how she was standing right next to One Direction and how the nicest celebrity is Snooki when she walked with her down the red carpet. I thought I was in love with this area because I would get to meet all these famous people. When really this is something I would be perfect. She gave me an example of what she does, she said, "Say Jennifer Lopez cheated on her husband and it became public. She would contact us to help her and we would create a better story and sell it to say, Good Morning America and they would air it." I thought that sounded amazing. She said some people even broadcast it themselves. I thought that sounded amazing, I would be writing, a Journalist and I would be able to work with amazing people. I've always thought this is the perfect career for me, and I think more people should consider it.

On wikipedia the definition of Communications Studies is: Communication studies is an academic field that deals with processes of human communication. The discipline encompasses a range of topics, from face-to-face conversation to mass media outlets such as television broadcasting. Communication studies also examines how messages are interpreted through the political, cultural, economic, semiotic,hermeneutic, and social dimensions of their contexts.
On Wikipedia the definition of Journalism is: Journalism is gathering, processing, and dissemination of news and information related to the news to an audience. The word applies to both the method of inquiring for news and the literary style which is used to disseminate it.^[1] [2]