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For me, I haven't had such a strong connection with a narrative as I did with "Sing with me some how" by Alison Slusarczyk. One of the first things that struck me was her writing style, I found it very fresh and I felt like I was immediately in her life. But what grew on me after getting into the short story, was her family and the issues she was dealing with. I myself have three siblings and, I guess you can say a broken home. I wanted to reach out and touch her when she was dealing with some of the same things Ive been through. I think what makes for a wonderful memoir is just that, being able to touch everyone, by giving the reader the same feelings you felt in that exact moment. She also told the story by using a sort of movie style, each few paragraphs was almost a different time in her life, I really saw scenes go by in my head and I would like to use the same technique in my narratives. As for the second narrative I read, "knocked up" by Nicole Filmore, it did not interest me one bit. Obviously Nicole is in college, but I felt that her use of words and style of telling the story was kind of childish, not many people have been in the same situation with teen pregnancy, but she didn't portray much emotion other then curse words. I also had a hard time enjoying or taking the writer seriously. I really can now see how writing style and emotion play a large part in writing an intriguing narrative.