First Essay (Journal Entry 6)

Dear Future Elizabeth,

UHM YES HELLO. THE TIME HAS COME TO WRITE AN ACTUAL ESSAY ON THE PERCY JACKSON SERIES. I REPEAT. THE TIME HAS COME TO WRITE AN ACTUAL ESSAY ON THE PERCY JACKSON SERIES. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. 

Okay, lets see how I wanna do this.

Outline, gotta outline the paper, but not in the traditional "five paragraph format". Got it. No intro, no conclusion; but I lowkey might do that because this essay is gonna be persuasive as HECK. The intro should definitely be one of those "now imagine this..." and I say "you're a chubby little white girl in elementary school. No friends, you read by yourself at lunch, and are bullied terribly." And then I go into the actual gory details of the bullying Alicia did, right? Like the panic attacks and the therapy and all the sad stuff. And then! Bam, Percy Jackson came into my life and now I have a tattoo. Wow this makes a whole lot f sense right now to me. This should totally be my outline. Yes. Okay, got it.

Uhm.
Intro does not need a thesis statement.
Body paragraphs can def be drivel, but have PERSUASIVE reasoning behind it, not just a lot of crying.
Elizabeth. This is involves possibly marking/sticky-noting sacred text, okay? You can get through this. Just color code those sticky notes and try no to have the pages fall out of the spine like the cover did. (Also consider getting a new copy of the book. You've had this one for about 10 years, babe.)
Start breathing, you forgot how to breathe, you're too excited. Okay. Yes. Good. We've gotta get an A++ on this.

You're gonna do great!

Love,
Past Elizabeth