"Write On" Complete

I finished the write on and turned it in at the law school about 4:50 p.m. on Friday afternoon (it was due by 5:00). Even though it was a very difficult and trying experience, individuals who participate learn a tremendous amount of information in one week, and increase their blue-booking skills. The blue book is the reference used for legal citations, but it has a lot of other useful information that applies to all aspects of writing. If a person learns how to use the blue book and Chicago Manual of Style they can cite anything. I think I am going to make that one of this month’s challenges, for everyone who participates in my challenges and writing assignments. Make sure to check out my monthly challenges!! These are not just challenges for friends, family, and followers of my blog; I also complete these challenges. That’s why I named the blog “Writing with Diligence.” It’s learning together…

I accomplished writing a 15-page case note on Arizona v. Gant and I completed a technical edit on a separate 15-page case note. I spent around 50 hours. This is time well spent becoming better at editing and blue-booking, and analyzing cases and formulating legal theory. I will attach my case note so that anyone interested can read it or at least become familiar with what a case note is and how it is written. Legal writing is very different than other styles of writing. It takes a tremendous amount of research to undergo and complete a legal writing project. In legal writing almost every sentence of the project will have a citation. Almost all of the ideas come from another source and are being used to support a new legal theory. Obviously legal writing is on the opposite end of the spectrum from creative fiction writing.

Now it is time for some creative writing...

Check out the creative writing challenges for this month. There will be at least four posted and another 10 to work on for the summer. I am asking those participating to do the required reading and finish each assignment within that given week. It will be really fun and it will give you more examples of writing and more ideas to work within your portfolio.