Enough

     After reading each and every short story, I realized that even though they were obviously short (hence the "short stories" title), each writing is full of enough depth that by the end of it, I felt like I knew each author. I felt like I could understand their problems or dilemmas, but more specifically their emotions about each subject.  After attempting at writing, I realize the difficulty in putting so much emotion into a piece that the reader actually feels the emotions along with the author.  But even though each of these stories were less than two pages, all of them succeeded with this aspect....only making me feel even worse about my literary narrative. yay.
     Another thing I noted while reading through the short stories was that all of the authors knew that they wanted to be writers at a very young age.  Brendan Gill said that he knew about what he wanted to be when he was four.  I don't even remember being four! The first time I remember ever knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up was in 5th grade, I wanted to be a lawyer.  Who always dressed in pink.  And incase you didn't make the connection, I wanted to be the girl from Legally Blonde.  The only differences were that one) I wasn't blonde. and two) I also wanted to be a ballerina on the side.  There is a nice realistic dream for you.
     In Brendan Gill's short story i noticed some very grammatically incorrect sentences, and I wondered why he would write the story like that.  I enjoy reading it, because it is simple to read, and easy.  But I know he must have had a better reason in doing so.  Why would he write out dialog without using quotation marks?  I sure hope that this is grammatically incorrect and I am not just making a bigger fool out of myself then I already am...
     Before I complete my rambling on about parts and pieces that ran through my mind as I read each piece, I would love to ask one question.  Was anyone else gap-mouthed (that's a word right?) at the end of Pat Conroy's short story??  Because the second I finished that story, I went online to see if I could find any books by him online...is it bad that I found his story thrilling?  I would a story like that in a heartbeat!