Hello and thanks for coming back. For today's blog I had to read three articles to help me set the scene for my blog. We discussed the writing process. My scene is set in a dream like reality since sleeping is one of my favorite hobbies. Checkout the articles for yourself below.
Teaching Writing as a Process Not Product (Don Murray) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) Against Vanity: In Praise of Revision (Mary Karr) Finally! It was my favorite part of the day. Bedtime! I layed in bed with a lot on my mind. “What will I write for my assignment in class?” I thought to myself “I'll just sleep on it and hopefully something will come to me as i sleep” As I drifted off into the realm of dreams a distinct red table appeared in the middle of an all white room. Three figures sat there chatting away. I walked over as one offered me tea. As I looked around I noticed who they were. Don Murray, Mary Karr, and Anne Lamott. I shook with excitement. “Omg i can’t believe it's you guys, or like a dream version of you.” I rambled on. “We only appeared cause you seemed to have a lot on your mind before you fell asleep” Mary replied. “Ahh” I said “that's right I have an assignment due soon and I have a question if you don't mind me asking.” Don nodded and gestured for me to ask my question I took a pause before I said “Well i'm not the best at writing so I was wondering what's the process to writing?” “The writing process itself can be divided into three stages: prewriting, writing, and rewriting” Don replied casually. “The amount of time a writer spends in each stage depends on his personality, his work habits, his maturity as a craftsman, and the challenge of what he is trying to say.” Mary nodded in agreement “I find generative me harder to get going. But through sheer hardheadedness, even I can grant myself permission to run buck-wild down the page with sentences dumb as stumps and few glimpses of anything pretty.” I nodded kind of understanding what they were trying to say. Anne turned to me and smiled “remember this.” she said “Plug your nose and jump in, it doesn't have to be perfect the first time you write something down, pour your heart out then go back and edit. I promise once you get started you'll never want to stop. I smiled in understandment finally getting it. I chugged the rest of my tea down as I stood up. I looked around smiling and thanking them for all of their help. I stopped for a second “One more question” I asked. “Sure what is it? Mary replied “can we have cake next time were here?” I said they all giggled as I faded back into reality.
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