On Writing Well- Part 1

William Zinsser exposed thousands of people to "the broad craft" as he calls it, of writing. You learn that while he has a schedule he sticks to when it comes to writing, there are also those who only write when their mind speaks to them. The first chapter tells the reader that of course there are different methods to writing and that there isn't one correct way. You have to know what is best for you and work from there. It might be at night while alone or it might be whenever you see an old couple still happily married and you feel the love pouring onto your paper.

I learned that even if sometimes words don't come naturally out of me, I can still make a good writing piece. I rarely rewrite things and maybr that's what prevents me from moving forward to the next level. Zinsser expressed that writing to him isn't easy. Writing won't always be be fun and people should stop getting frustrated when they can't find the right words for something. It will take hard work to get to where you want to be with your writing.

Lifetime Contracts

I think there should be some employees that earn a lifetime contract. They should only be able to have this once the employee has worked more than they have been asked for and continue to do the same if not more than before. These lifetime contracts could benefit the employer if they continue to work there in an efficient manner, but if the person thinks it is now okay to slack off since the money is guaranteed, then the company will be losing money.

Tragedy Goods

I don’t remember when it was, but I know it wasn’t too long ago that a man was shooting in a movie theater I think. This was all over the news and everyone was talking about it. My mom and my aunt started saying they weren’t going to be letting us go anywhere anymore since there are crazy people all over the place now. When we started complaining because we still wanted to go to the movies they told us we should just rent movies and watch them at home. This is an example of how Redbox benefited from a tragedy. Netflix also benefited because we got the more expensive package instead of the cheaper one.

Breakfast TIme

When I was younger we used to live close enough to a McDonald's that we would walk there. Sometimes if we would wake up early we would cut through the other neighborhood and go get some pancakes from McDonald's. At my church there are church camps for kids in the summer and me and a couple of friends would always go to chick fil a the morning before we left to enjoy some chicken biscuits that were ever so delicious. After church sometimes my dad would be craving some waffle house and we’d go sometimes I’d get a waffle, but other times I would get a sandwich or burger. The point of all this is that we buy whatever the people offer us. I don’t think that having Wendy’s for breakfast is the healthiest of the choices, but America didn’t earn its fattest nation title by having fruit salads over burgers. Zaxby’s breakfast would be good I guess, but from a vegetarian stand point I wouldn’t buy it or ask for it. It’s about the money right? So, hey go for it.

Target Marketing

Teenagers shop at Hollister and their parents belong to the middle class. The type of people that shop at whole foods are the ones who are looking to get healthier. Mostly females would shop there. The white ladies are slim of course some might be vegetarian or vegan. They are of the top middle class and don’t mind spending the extra money for good, organic products. When I think of whole foods I don’t think of a Hispanic dad shopping there I just think of white people.

Owning a Business

In my opinion owning a business that provides services is more profitable than owning one that provides goods. The reason that I think this is because with services people generally need you, so they’ll be more willing to pay a higher price than they would for something that isn’t necessary. When you provide a service you usually pay around twenty dollars and up for something that doesn’t really take long, but then if you provide a good you can’t really sell everything at a high price. My dad is a construction worker and if the person has an urgent problem then they say money isn’t a problem. At stores there is always a limit that you can reach for a certain product. In the end though it’s better to choose what you enjoy having instead of just thinking about money, since life is way too short to do something that bores you.