Mentor Text

          As I continue to wright my story I find it hard to create several differant voices. One or two isn't bad but I find myself continuing to re-use the same vocabulary and slang. My mentor text was a colaberation of short stories from a variety of people.
          My favorite story among stories was that of, "The Janitor". He had an interesting story to tell. I could almost picture exactly what he looked like and what his job consisted of. I found myself drifting off and living the lines he wrote. I felt I too was a part of the story watching him from abroad. I know that I need to do this also. I have several differant stories but I felt like there was not enough individuality between my differant characters. My mentor text really helped me to colaborate a short story with variety. I want the reader to feel like they are really reading stories of the differant "shoes" and not ones that I myself just made up.
         The janitor doesn't tell his life story. He tells just his routine and what his jobs consists of. He has to clean apartment buildings,continue to shovel coal  into an oven all night, and shovel walk ways in the snow. He never tells of his personal life. He never tells of his chilhood or what great struggles he has been through. He tells a minor part of his life and the reader is able to identify who he really is. His hole entire character is put out on a plate just from a small excerpt of his job. I want to be able to share a small factor in my character's life but lay out an entire story, unwritten. I njoyed my mentor text a lot. I feel that short stories also entice the reader more. They are never getting bored because there's always a new story to be written. So far I am confident in my story, and using a mentor text helps a lot in the wrighting practise.