Stafford Response

What, if anything, has he said that’s made an impression on you?

    Stafford mentions that as a writer, maybe we shouldn’t try to write something that everyone will like. When he said that, it sounded very right. As a reader, more than a writer, just because I might like one story, or a poem from a specific writer, doesn’t mean that I will like everything else that author has or will write in the future.

    I personally think that one should focus more on the importance of the message to oneself, or to others, other than on the importance to make everyone like the story. We've all had experiences, living in the same world, we are sure to relate to one another. In which case, if our goal is to have our reader feel what we feel, we shouldn’t have to try too hard to make a piece of writing perfect, but stay true to our actual feelings, to show the reader what we feel.

    That being said, I do know for a fact that we all would like for our writing to be liked and enjoyed. In which case, is makes sense that our goal, when writing, is to make the audience like it.

Drive

Drive was a really good movie in my opinion. It plays with your own

thoughts about how one would act to certain circumstances. The fact

that he has his whole "drive" secret makes it complicated for his 

personal feelings toward Irene. 

I guess one would say he had a double life. One where he was the

"driver" and another in which he was a regular guy, trying to get the 

girl he loves, in this case Irene.

Having the secret of being the "driver" got him into some serious trouble

in which not only was his life in danger, but also Irene's and Benicio's, 

Irene's son. 

Secrets can come into our lives without us wanting them to, but that

doesn't change the fact that sometimes they will. What we can do is try to not get other people involved,

especially loved ones. 

The movie Drive fits into our current writing assignment because of what his secret costs him. A lot

of people were killed or almost killed because of him, the consequences that come with each and every

secret we always hold, or have.