“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
I wasn’t sure what to write about for my narrative project. I love writing and so far have really liked working on my craft. I was going to write about a badhaircut. I knew what I actually wanted to write about but I was afraid to. After hearing some of my classmates tell powerful stories of things that happened to them I decided to write about my own trauma. One of my friends suggest that I shouldn’t. She said that it might trigger me and open old wounds. But I have heard before that telling the story of your own trauma can actually help with the healing process.
In this project I am going to tell the story of the worst mistake I have ever made in my entire life. I am not the only person to make this mistake far from it. It’s a common mistake especially among women. In the wake of the #metoo movement and having horrible monster be actually elected into office I need to tell this story. I was sexually assaulted. Even though I did say “yes”.
Sexual Coercion is a term referring to unwanted sexual activity through nonphysical means. It's not being violently thrown to the ground in a dark alleyway. I didn't even know it was happening or what that term even was until it had already happened. I think some people that do this don't even know what their doing or what it can do to the other person. In the case of the guy that did it to me, I don't know. But his intention is not important. What's important is what it did to me. Now it's my story to tell.
For the second draft of this project I changed the tense to present, changed the perspective to 3rd person and changed the choice I made. I went into some details about my thought process during this in this vlog.