{"id":129,"date":"2016-05-31T22:47:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-05-31T22:47:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:47:41","slug":"the-flower-that-blooms-in-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/2016\/05\/31\/the-flower-that-blooms-in-adversity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flower that Blooms in Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post I am going to respond to my classmate, Taylor’s post<\/a> about her writing process. \u00a0She explained that\u00a0her writing process is like “avocado hunting”. \u00a0Essentially, this means that it can be very overwhelming at first and she\u00a0might not find a tasty avocado, but eventually she\u00a0will find the perfect, ripe avocado (aka finding an essay topic that she will enjoy writing about). \u00a0I thought that this was a funny article, and got me thinking about what my writing style is. \u00a0And so…I feel as though my writing process\u00a0is similar to a blooming flower.<\/p>\n

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As you can tell from this gif, even though it\u00a0is very much sped up, a flower completely blooming is a\u00a0long process. \u00a0Below, I have a picture of the sequence of a flower blooming, which really illustrates my point.<\/p>\n

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I tend to start writing papers with little idea of what I’m actually going to be talking about. \u00a0That would be the part of the blooming process where the flower is still completely closed. \u00a0Then, I finally decide what my essay topic\/thesis is going to be which allows for the flower to open up a little bit more. \u00a0However, it would be impossible for this flower to bloom if it was not in good soil, had no sunlight, or had no water. \u00a0This directly relates to\u00a0how much time I dedicate on the paper (good soil), the research I do\/peer review (sunlight), and the multiple drafts (water) I write. \u00a0If all of these things happen, then I will have a great paper! \u00a0However, if even one of these things are missing, then my flower will wilt and die, and I will have a terrible paper.<\/p>\n

Although my writing process might sound relatively easy, it is anything but. \u00a0It usually takes me a while to get in the swing of things, so I am usually sitting around the part where the flower has just barely opened up for a long time. \u00a0It is only when I am feeling truly inspired when the juices really start flowing and\u00a0my flower can bloom. \u00a0Once I\u00a0really<\/em> start writing, I am usually able to finish my paper, it’s just trying to start that is time consuming. \u00a0This was especially applicable to my last\u00a0writing assignment. \u00a0My research paper was very time consuming, especially when looking for research, and it left me a little discouraged. \u00a0However, I found this quote which really turned things around for me.<\/p>\n

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This quote made me realize that the flowers that\u00a0bloom in adversity, just like papers that are hard to write and take a lot of time, are the ones that are the most beautiful (and well-written) of them all.<\/p>\n

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Image 1:\u00a0http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/flower-interestinggifs-dahlia-95xRbt5dxppWE<\/p>\n

Image 2:\u00a0http:\/\/www.personal.psu.edu\/scs15\/Reading\/images\/grow.jpg<\/p>\n

Image 3:\u00a0https:\/\/chrystalizabeth.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/mulanquote.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this post I am going to respond to my classmate, Taylor’s post about her writing process. \u00a0She explained that\u00a0her writing process is like “avocado hunting”. \u00a0Essentially, this means that it can be very overwhelming at first and she\u00a0might not find a tasty avocado, but eventually she\u00a0will find the perfect, ripe avocado (aka finding an … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":9,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"ivannaq","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/author\/ivannaq\/"},"qubely_comment":9,"qubely_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"In this post I am going to respond to my classmate, Taylor’s post about her writing process. \u00a0She explained that\u00a0her writing process is like “avocado hunting”. \u00a0Essentially, this means that it can be very overwhelming at first and she\u00a0might not find a tasty avocado, but eventually she\u00a0will find the perfect, ripe avocado (aka finding an…","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ivannaq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}