7. In the APA book, the authors have listed three very important strategies to improve your writing. What are they? Reflect on these. Describe one obstacle you foresee in implementing them, along with your ideas for overcoming that obstacle.

Explanation:

Three very important strategies to improve your writing are;

1. Outlining of the content

2. Drafting of the manuscript otherwise refer to as the first draft and reading them later to understand and edit them.

3. Reviewing them by requesting a professional in the same field for critique and editing them.

The above are very important procedures in publishing according to APA style. This is to have wider acceptance of the work.

One obstacle in implementing them may be "time to carry out the procedure" as it may take longer period for work to be published.

In overcoming the obstacle, one need proper and effective planning before the commencement of the work. This is to incorporate the time the named procedure will take in accomplishing the task.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.