MLA formatting has its ups and downs. It gives us writers basically a blue print of how to put a paper together. But it also keeps writers from writing freely. My honest opinion is that MLA should be kept, but it should also leave some room for everyone to change it up a bit.
MLA, like I mentioned, sets up a format for writing. But my life also has a format to. It does not have a cool title like "MLA" but its just basically lifestyle formatting. You have an introduction when your first born. Your body paragraphs are how you live your life.... Most of us start out in grade school and work our way up to some type of higher learning. This consists of what you choose to do and how you choose to do it. Your career, how you create a family, and how you live your life from here on. I have a plan set for how I live my life, but it changes everyday. I'm still in the process of finishing my rough draft and it might be years down the road before I turn that in. And of course you have your conclusion. Everyone knows what that is, its where your road ends and you get that final grade on how you "wrote your paper." But everyone hates coming to a conclusion anyway. That's why the body paragraphs are so long.... Anyway, I do believe that my life is formatted but to an extent. I'm not going to lay every single detail down before me. I make them up as I go. Sure, I make an outline for the big picture, but I'm more of a free writer myself.
Don't copy and paste your story. Make your own beginning, middle, and end....
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