Thomas Osborne

After reading all four articles disregarding the one that is eight pages long I highly resonated with the article that used very descriptive imagery and wordy descriptions of analogical images that was named “Last Nights, Last Rites, and the Rain-Slick Road to Self-Destruction” by Thomas Osborne. “I like to describe long-winded stories that may or may not interest my audience,” in fact I am extremely similar to the author in this sense; and it is why I enjoyed and gravitated to the article at such a high level (Osborne 2).

Thomas Osborne opens the narrative with a description of himself up very late at night trying to write a paper. Sadly, he’s been at it for four days, and unfortunately he seems to have writer’s block. Osborne’s personal

He described his writing in a similar fashion that I would describe mine by including the random narratives that are present in all, if not most of my essays. “I write the Way I talk, and I talk with a certain unexpectedly snarky wit that’s hard to maneuver around,” which is a quote from the article by Thomas Osborne (2). I can totally relate to the quote from the last sentence through my own writing style and personal experiences. In all honesty, if I had a penny for every time I received the comment ‘this sounds exactly how you speak’ when referred to my writing, I would be a trillionaire. While reading this particular article I constantly thought in my head I completely understand how you feel. The fact that I could relate to the article at such a high level was due to the fact that Osborne and I have similar writing style; and that’s because most indefinitely write the way I talk and ramble. Which is quite hilarious because when meeting up to review my essay it was brought to my attention that I ramble too much. Just like Osborne stated in the article “In fact, I’m still rambling. We are four paragraphs into this thing and I’m only just now getting to the meat and potatoes of the paper;” that aspect of rambling on was a similarity I found in myself when compared to Osborne

The last sentence states, “I would like to think that the weirdness has helped me complete this essay, but, then again, maybe I am still just staring down the rain-slick road to self-destruction,” (Osborne 4). The last sentence quoted in my last sentence is truly a deep, personal understanding of writing that only a writer could describe with such perfection. The personal style of a writer or “weirdness” as the author Thomas Osborne puts it is something developed through reading and practice; and when good enough that “weirdness” is the spark to divine or an epitome type of writing (Osborne 4). Now, because everyone doesn’t accept that “weirdness” or style of writing ultimately, deep down means that they don’t accept you (the writer); because in the grand scheme of things someones writing is an extension of themselves (Osborne 4). Especially in the case of Thomas Osborne, he clearly stated that in his short article. After all, writing is private, it is personal it’s something most are timid or shy to share with others; unless the work is immaculate. The fact of the matter is, most people will not willingly share their essays, poems, articles, short stories, etc… with others freely; they carefully select who can read their personal words that flow down from their encephalons to their hands to their papers. As far as