1. 1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
4/16/2012
Judges, Senior Project
Creekview High School
1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
Dear Judges:
Ever since I was young, I absolutely loved mystery and whodunit books. When we first needed to choose
what we wanted for our senior projects, I jumped at the chance to write a mystery book of my own. I’ve
had an incredible amount of fun while writing this book and doing my senior project work. However, it
has also been a very difficult project, due to its length and workload. Nonetheless, I would not have
wanted to do anything else
My end product is my published book, Playback, where private investigator Joseph Barrow hunts down a
criminal ring in his town. It relates to my research paper mainly through the published aspect; my
research paper was about the history of publishing throughout the ages, and its problems and innovations.
Even I had problems while writing my book, as writer’s block was my constant companion while
working. However, I was able to persevere and write the entire book in just a few months. My major
success was having my book published by Yawn’s Books and More, as that was my goal that I wanted to
complete.
My topic and research on writing and publishing relate obviously to a career in book writing or even
reporting. However, now that I have tried this for myself, I am very keen to try to avoid working in that
field. While writing was fun, I could not see myself sitting down for so long nearly twenty-four seven.
The amount of work I had to put into writing my book, which is not a very large book, is also another
reason that I would want to avoid writing. I do not see myself trying to pursue a job in writing or even
reporting now that I have written my very own book.
My thoughts on the Senior Project are surprisingly positive; although I had to take much of my own time
to work on my book; it has provided crucial insight into a career that I thought I might enjoy. Thank you
for taking the time to read this as well eventually judging my Senior Project.
Sincerely,
Tyler W Henry
Tyler Henry