As many American Icons as there are, most of our class, surprisingly, chose personal relationships as their Icons. I would have thought most of us pick famous authors or actors, but I was wrong. Not necessarily a bad surprise, but an interesting surprise. I think what really stood out to me about this project was how long the thought process was to choosing an icon. I had thought about family members, musicians, actors, for a long time before I realized it was Dr. Seuss. My usual outline takes a day at most, but I found myself re-writing my outline multiple times to fit what I was thinking.
My time was spent mainly on thinking of an Icon that fit me. When I had finally come to a conclusion, I felt satisfied; I was ready to write and keep on writing. My overall experience had its ups and downs, a learning process that will help me in future projects. I learned to not let my editor hold back on his/her opinions when revising my work; it doesn't help anyone to give nice and only positive feedback. Although I have my skepticism about my paper and other peer's work, I am excited to see it all in a book.
I am terrified yet ecstatic about this book. Terrified, for the criticism by the common folk who read the book. terrified of making a critical mistake in the editing process that will be visible for the public to see. This is also the first time that my writing will actually be heard (or read) by other people. I am not just writing for a teacher, I am writing for myself and for others as well. I am excited to show my parents that I am doing something productive when they leave for three weeks and come home to see. I am honestly excited to brag that, my work is published and in a book on The Kindle or an Ebook. So a mix of feelings really, that are fighting and conflicting as to how I should approach this, but being excited has the edge.
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