My welcome post is about me as a person, and a writer. My name is Leah Elizabeth Salmon, my favorite colors are purple and yellow, not related to one of my favorite NFL teams. The Baltimore Ravens, thank you Brendan Way. My dog's name is Stewie and in my previous life I was a cat. That is all you need to know about me. The purpose of my blog is to share my writing with everyone else, not that I really want to. The actual purpose is to get credit for the class and please Ms Basko so she doesn't want to kill me. So one to who I am as a writer. Writing isn't my favorite thing to do in the world, but I love to read. My favorite writer is Stephen King. He inspires a lot of the things I write and choose to read. What really inspires me about King's work is how in depth he gets with the characters. Into the first chapter you already know everything about them. I usually love to write with detail. Most of the time I get really bored with school assignments and I start off good, then just wrap it all up in one paragraph. In my opinion reading/writing a good story isn't only about a good plot, you have to understand the character. Although due to my desire for detail I get very self conscious about my writing. I could turn a half page assignment into a novel if you gave me enough time. It is also an "acquired taste". Some people want a quick read and no deeper understanding other than why Bella is crying when Edward left her in the woods alone. So not all people will care for what I write. Then there are people who read the The Hunger Games, and do not actually understand what it is about. Then again the author of the book lost sight of what she wanted it to be about during the second and most of the third book. Towards then end it kind of came back. Katniss did a lot of uneeded crying though. Anyways, I'm also one of those people that complains until no end when my english teacher rambles on about the green light in Gatsby and all the symbolism they have to pointlessly pick apart, but I happen to look for symbols in everything I read because it's always there. There's not much more about me other than I wish I was the Hulk because I would Hulk smash SO many things. It would be grand. John is my boyfriend, but no body really cares. I like chinese food. and Kevin annoys me when he asks what he should write about :p. anndddd that's all I have to write about, have fun stalking my blog, creeper.
