Eric Fernndez

Prof. Mclaughlin
Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric
11 September 2015

Reflection

So this essay was born from the writing exercise we performed in

class, the one in which we were told to write freely from the given
prompts. Prompt after prompt, I couldnt seem to find a topic for my
essay. At first it was me getting lost at an amusement park, another
was a funny experience in school; but those stories ust didnt have
what I was looking for. Then came across my the subject of ones first
neighborhood. I could write about one of my funny experiences with
Roberto. So I just kept going, adding on and on about how lovely it was
to grow up in Isla Verde and how my friendship with Roberto taught me
lessons. I just kept on writing until I remembered when Alfredo threw
the aguacate at that car, and the story of the essay was completed.
The content of the essay was fine, if I added anymore to the
story, it would be irrelevant, but if I took something out, it would be too
little. But still something was missing, I tried to add a little bit of humor.
So I began to add some jokes (or at least tried) about some
generalizations of Puerto Rico. I also added a comment about Chipotle

in an effort to get some giggles from the Chipotle-addicted college

crowd. And the story had some humor by itself so that was it for
humor. Then, I organized my structure a little. It was a bit confusing
how I jumped from describing my neighborhood to being with Roberto
at UCF and then back in my childhood. So I softened the transition by
describing my meeting with Roberto in my neighborhood and then fast
forwarding to today. And in my meeting with Roberto, I softened the
transition by our discussion of nostalgic childhood memories.
After, I read some of the articles on writingirish.com, and Mrs.
Mclaughlin told me to add some description, to show instead of tell. So
ultimately I added some descriptions of my first neighborhood and
from my encounter with Roberto. Also I added a simile to have some
rhetorical figures in my essay. And after tweaking a bit with my
grammar, and some help from Jorge Nazario, I reached the end of the
writing process.
Then I began to record, which was a bit of a struggle. Honestly, I
forgot to make an appointment to the Hesburgh sound proof room so I
went to a study room in the law library and recorded there. And then,
after recording for some time, I had to see some videos of how to trim
the audio and how to convert the recorded audio to mp3. So overall, it
was a complicated but fun process, and I also relived my moment
through my audio narrative.