Read, in Dotson’s book, pages 43 thru 55. Respond to what you read, and use these questions if you get stuck: What strikes you as interesting? In what ways do you agree or disagree with him? How does this fit where you are as a writer, and how will it help you become a better one?
(100 words minimum)
         What strikes me as interesting while reading these pages is how he points out that while telling a story you are telling it to bring emotion to the listener/reader and to see how they react. Also when he is showing you how to write a good story i like how he says "you must write to express not to impress". He also says to speak conversationally, i like this because i feel like people telling stories sound like a robot and i want to hear it from a person with emotion. I agree that gobbledygook and cliches should be avoided but sometimes i think they can add to a story or add to enthusiasm as long as everyone knows what they are talking about.

So, Dotson highlights the following:
- How to defeat the TV remote control
- Be conversational
- Gobbledygook and clichés
- Active voice
- Write in threes
- Surprises

Read this story and watch this one (a bit of a sports theme this week). Write two paragraphs (one about each) that explains how the story uses/handles at least three of these aspects. Give specific examples (100 words in each paragraph, so at least 200 total words).

The story about the kid who shoots the hockey puck uses surprises because when the family gives the money back you arent expecting anything else to happen but it ends up that the family recieves an ATV wild game tickets, vikings tickets, and other things. the story is very conversational and talks in a way that you can relate with and not feel uncomfortable while still keeping you involved. He also uses cliches one example is when he says "thats a lot of soybeans to eat". 

It examples active voice by saying "it was cold enough to make your eyes water" and then there is a shot of a woman wiping her eyes and crying. It explains that they got a closer look and then the camera zooms in on her and continues to explain that the reason she is crying isnt because its cold. It then examples a cliche by saying she was crying "for a lot more than the windchill". this is a sort of pun or play on words and keeps the reader entertained. Its conversational when the man is interviewing them in the living room and jokes about how they cant remember how many boys they have and laughs with them. He brings sadness curiosity and jokes into the story which keeps the audience entertained.