Revision -good times-

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My writing process this time around has been absolutely hellish. I went to the table -via internet- Wednesday with a friend of mine who works as a columnist for several print magazines. I had two different versions of my essay for him to look over. This was quite an experience as he basically told me to start over again. So my revision comes in the form of yet a third version of my paper. So while I'd like to highlight my revisions, I can't, there aren't any. I'm basically looking at the individual components he said I, "may want to work with," and tossing the rest. I know the benefit of this is not turning in a wreck of a paper, but it's more than disheartening. So I suppose the revisions I'm planning aren't planned at all. I'm doing revisions on all new content -I actually took a break from that to write this post-. I think perhaps I brought the work to the wrong person, but I feel like he was just telling me what I thought. The fact is I can't seem to land on a topic I can effectively follow to any form of conclusion. It's not that I hate the story, far from it in fact, I just can't seem to form an effective essay on any of its themes. Well, as much as I love crying to the internet, I will have to take my leave and continue revising my final, final, final draft. I wish you all the best of luck on your essays, and have a great week.

Winter's Bone Thesis

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In Winter's Bone, Woodrell gives an intimate view of a small rural community shrouded in secrecy and violence. In this tight-knit community lives Ree Dolly; a girl of just sixteen years forced to hunt down her absentee father in hopes of saving her home and family. While this relationship is one of some importance to the story, the real focus is set on Ree's relationship with her family as a unit. Through the entire story there is one theme that exists above all others, and that is Woodrell's depiction of kinship. This bond is all that keeps the story's protagonist going, and is the motivation for the entire story.