Assingment 9-1

The English Department of the University of Maine welcomed Lucy Honig on March 25, to speak about her writings, her style of writing and to read some passages from her new book.
The seminar took place in the writing center inside Neville Hall, at 4:30 pm on Thursday. Honig was introduced as an extraordinary writer who lived in Maine for quite sometime before moving to New York, and now to Massachusetts where she currently resides. While in Maine, she incorporated her Maine experiences in her books, and continues to today. In the meeting she spoke about her newest book "Waiting for Rescue", which was published late in the year 2009. "Waiting for Rescue" is a book about the September 11, terrorist attacks and how it affected the lives of people all over the world. The story is a fictional story that loosely resembles her reaction, and the reaction of the people close to her at the time of the attacks. "This book was very unusual," Honig says. "It started out as a bunch of different stories all on one page, not making any sense. At one point, when I realized they wouldn't all come together I separated the short stories. But as I continued to write each day, I would go back to the page filled with the different stories and string them together."After reading several segments from her book, she talked about her writing process. Honig explained that all of her books start with something important in her life; something that she felt strongly about. She explained to all of the future writers, listening to her speech, that writing is easiest when it is about something you love.
At the end of Honig's speech, questions were asked and answered, and she did a book signing. Other books featured at the seminar included: Open Season, The Truly Needy, and Picking Up.

assignment 2-1

I feel as though this article is all over the place. It starts off by saying he was arrested for "interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct." but then in another paragraph says that he admitted to having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl at least five times.
I think the entire thing could be rearranged. I think the article should start out by explaining what happened, and why (each persons side of the story) it happened, the details such as how long he is going to be in jail and what his parole conditions are, are not as interesting and "news worthy". Yes, those details are important, but I feel like they can wait. The ending seems like the beginning. The article ends in where the girl was found after the crime was committed. Maybe the writer of the article could explain why. Did the victim call the police, or was she being searched for?
I the quotes that the writer used, from the two separate attorneys, work well and help you understand the situation better. But I feel as though the write is somewhat 'siding with' the criminal in the end. I think the two different arguments are too grouped together, in the beginning it seems as though the writer is siding with the victim and then in the end it seems like he has switched sides completely. Although the article shows no real emotion or opinion, that is just how I feel due to the way the information is put together.

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