(S36) PT 2 - Control Your Narrative

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(S36) PT 2 – Control Your Narrative
Complete the weekly Point Task to earn 3 TPE! All written responses must be at least 150 words. PT's may be submitted in another language, if you mention what language you are translating into, to make the job of the grader easier.

Do not claim this TPE until it has been graded and posted to the S35 claim thread. This task is due next Sunday, July 10th, 2022 at 11:59 ET. Have fun and get writing!

Written option: There's one dream that every athlete shares, and that dream is said athlete eventually releasing their own book for the public to consume and gossip about. Miraculously, a publisher has reached out to you and wants to hear YOUR story! For this PT, write about what sort of book your player would write and what sort of reception your book would garner.

Graphic option: Create a graphic displaying the cover of your book and anything else about your book you'd like to show off. (Just the cover is fine though)

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Written and graphic responses must be posted solely in this thread and not for additional media credit. Also, if you try to build your word count by being super repetitive and rambling on, you will not get full credit. If you are caught plagiarizing/stealing someone else’s work, you will be punished as HO sees fit, including the potential loss of TPE or money. Do your own work please. If you have a non-full PT pass and would like to use it this week, make sure to post in the thread. No need to post in the thread if you have a full PT Pass.

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[FootballIsCool]

[205 words bottom paragraph]

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air"
I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket
I put my Walkman on and said, "I might as well kick it"
First class, yo this is bad
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass
Is this what the people of Bel-Air living like?
Hmm, this might be alright
But wait, I hear they're prissy, bourgeois, all that
Is this the type of place that they just send this cool cat?
I don't think so
I'll see when I get there
I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air
Well, the plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out
I ain't trying to get arrested yet, I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightning, disappeared
I whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said, "Fresh" and it had dice in the mirror
If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought "Nah, forget it, yo, holmes to Bel Air"
I pulled up to the house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo holmes, smell ya later"
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air



Just kidding, anyway...my real story would be titled "a thousand little branches". It would be a story about the many struggles a tree has in a quick paced world. "A thousand little branches" would talk about many eras of the world from a community forest upbringing to the deforestation of my people. It would talk about the struggle of the big depresso as well as seeing many friends be used in wartime, the trials of fifties and experimental generation of the sixties, the disco scene cocaine party era of the 70s and all of the weirdness of the eighties and nineties. "a thousand little branches" would have it all, romance, drama, descriptions of adventure in nature and betrayal. In general it would be well received by the masses. It would even make Opera's book club list. Catapulting sales even higher. I would then be asked to come onto Opera's television show to talk about my book and the joys and sorrows. However I when I would show up to the show people would be mad that I wrote the book from the perspective of a tree thinking I was a person. They would then be disappointed to find out I was actually a tree.

[TheHammer43]

The time has come! I finally got the opportunity to write my own book, with some help of course. Where I'm from no one is expected to go anywhere. Small town, Long country roads, and you know just about every single person in town. Most of the folks back in Cayuga become farmers, factory workers, or are "self employed". No one and I mean no one goes anywhere for sports unless you like hockey and even then it's a 1 in a million chance that happens. So when I got my offers to McMaster, I couldn't have packed my bags soon enough. I'll obviously always miss Cayuga, It had its perks like close to no traffic, very few drugs and it was quiet, but my true place is in the ISFL. 


     My book is for those who knew me, those who are inspired by what I did to get here, and maybe even those who are following my footsteps. I want my book to show everyone in the world that you can do whatever you want in life, with hard work and determination. You truly have to want and manifest what you want in life. 


      And that is my story and my legacy.
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[AnUnoriginalGuy]

856 or: Learning to Survive in Camden, New Jersey is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, or wherever you get your audiobooks.

PRELUDE:

Y’know, when Crown Publishing came up to me one day and asked me if I wanted to write a book for them, I was honestly in shock. I’d always wanted to write a book, and I’ve had experience with this kind of stuff - hell, just a few months ago, The Player’s Tribune had asked me for my experiences. But I soon found out that writing something as major as this was something that really is harder than it seemed. I had to go back to memories of growing up with Mom and Papa, trying to run home everyday to avoid getting jumped by the bastard kids from middle school, it was tough reliving that kinda stuff. I even took a flight from Bondi Beach to Philly, took an Uber from Philly to Camden, and I walked, trying to shed the feeling of the Mr. Braggadocio “Rainmaker” persona I developed as a Bucc and instead tried to relive the memories of the kid who went through a pack of TicTacs every day in high school, or the kid who got his first job restocking at a Wawa. 

I had gone back to Woodrow Wilson High, my high school where we won the Jersey state championship and I broke most, if not all the receiving records for the school. On the way to the field, there in the tunnel, was a mural of me. WoodWil put a couple hundred dollars into it - I think they paid Banksy to do it. Anyway, looking at the mural, I realized - this is my dream. A kid who was good at sports and wanted to make it, and, well, here we are. That’s mainly the reason why I wanted to write this book, just so some kid could grab it off the shelves and realize “he was just like me.” If that gets fulfilled, I can die in peace.

[High Stick King]

There is no doubt that the focus on the Matthew Mara story would be a motivational book that attempts to help people in difficult positions to overcome them and see the positives in life.

It would start with Matthews on top of the world in University, breaking records and winning championships. Then it would turn into a darker story where the tragic events that cut his all-star University career short when a distracted driver was attempting to eat a bowl of cereal while driving his Land Rover, carelessly struck the car Matthew was driving causing life-threatening injuries and years of painful recovery. Then showing the heart and determination that Matthew had to recover and turn to a life of faith by joining the priesthood. Finally the uplifting adventure of trying to resurrect his football career and scoring his first touchdown after 4 years away from the sport.

I think the book would do really well on the motivational talk show circuit. Who doesn't love a come-back story?


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[Eldorian]

Goat Tank's book would be about his rise through the ranks of a defensive tackle before taking on the the job of running back and turning into some of the top 10 career stats of all time doing so. It would be about why he deserves to be in the hall of fame and hopes that he makes it that far. Goat Tank broke some records along the way and one of them might be one that may never be broken with the rushing yards in one game. I think a book that details his up and coming with the Orange County Otters and then his trade to Berlin to take them to the Super Bowl would be interesting too. He never did win a ring though and that might be his real downfall on getting in to the hall.

Fuck all that actually. It would simply be a back with 1 page in it with 2 words between the hard cover. GOAT TANK.

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164 words

[Pizza-faith]

[bechtudo]

My player is a huge science fiction fan and the book would be in that genre. Possibly a mix between science fiction and fantasy sports is even a better environment. In a galactic league playing galactic football which is very close to American football and where the teams need to travel space to get to their venues. Leagues would be organized by species so the Druufs don't play the Dwarfs but only meet opponents quiet similar to statue and build like the Haluters. To start this operation the book would cover leagues just in our galaxy before eventually expanding to Andromeda and other galaxies and nebulas. The winners of a their respective leagues would play in the Galaxy Bowl where the winning teams price is going to be a sun system with at least 10 planets where one should be in a habitable zone. My player would probably make himself the commissioner of this league and tour the galaxy for places and teams who join that Galactic League.

168 words

[stein]

This book is, in fact, already in the works. "Cob Corning: From Corn Man to Cornerback and Back (And Back Again)" will be on shelves in time to celebrate the next harvest season. Half history book and half autobiography, this book partly talks about the history of Corn People but mostly talks about the history of Cob Corning. This books starts with his time raised in the Cornfields of Ohio to becoming a DSFL cornerback, then coming back home to spend time with his Corn Family, and then going back to being a cornerback again in the ISFL, and then coming back to his family again, and then returning for a second season as a cornerback in the ISFL. Football is the USA's most popular sport, and corn is the USA's 2nd most popular export, and this book is a fusion of the two. We fully expect this book to be released to critical acclaim and to be perpetually sold out. Reserve your copy today for $49.99. All proceeds go directly toward the Cornfield Restoration and Acquisition Project.

[domffl]

As I sit down and start to think about all of the wild things that have happened throughout your life and career, I realize that I have enough material for an entire autobiography! After thinking through my life, I start to get excited about the prospect of sharing my story with the world, and I can't wait to get started on writing the book. The first step is to sit down and make an outline. Although I want to make sure that I include all of the juicy details that my fans will be dying to read, I also want to make sure that the story flows well and is easy to follow. Once the outline is done, I am finally able to start writing the first draft of the book. As I begin writing, I like to keep in mind that my fans will want to hear about all of the highs and lows of my ISFL career. They'll want to know about my biggest successes, as well as my biggest failures. 
Once I've finished writing the first draft of my book, it's time to edit and revise. It's important go through the entire book with a fine-toothed comb, looking for any errors or areas that need to be clarified. Finally happy with the final product, it's time to create the most important part: the title. I have to find a title that completely incapsulates my career and personality. Finally, after much deliberation, I decided on: "Modesty and How I Achieved It: 10 Steps To Complete Humility."

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