Before writing my next revision, I had a conference with Professor Ford. She went over my essay and we discussed ways that I could improve upon it. There were some small grammar and spelling mistakes to take care of. She suggested that I made the section about hard to grasp concepts a bit more clearly that I might incorporate examples from the Dreams book into my essay to show how other writers use writing for self-discovery and healing. Then, she thought that writing the question out on the top of the essay would be a good idea.

After I had written out the question, I wasn't quite sure were to go from there. I first tackled the task of elaborating on the ice blocks section. I separated them into three groups, happy, slippery, and painful. For the happy memories, I imagined them filled with bubbles and light as air, skimming the surfaces of the water. To make the idea more concrete, I put in specific examples like my "blankee". I added onto the previous conclusion as well.

Relating my specific use of writing to the other authors was a bit more challenging. I reread several of the essays in that chapter. However, since a writing process is a pretty personal thing, sometimes it hard to relate my own to theirs. However, I found a specific author named Susan Helfter whose writing process is very similar to my own. She discussed how writing brings images to her mind and helps her capture her questions and intentions on paper. This is how I feel because my writing is often a reflection of an image. Putting this image down on paper is like painting the picture itself and it allows me to see so many things that I can't see by examining it only mentally. William Stafford and Stepehn King also had their own ways of using writing as a tool to self-discovery and healing.