The passage I have chosen to analyze is the Private Writing
section. It talks about teaching writing as a private enterprise rather than a public
or social enterprise. When it comes to private writing the rules should be
different from public writing. Unfiltered writing can sometimes get the
creative juices flowing and we often can come up with things to write about things
that you didn’t know that you knew about. I think that this relates to people writing
post on Facebook, some people can write the most creative post but get writers’
block when time to write a paper for a class. Additionally, just writing to a targeted
group of people for example your Facebook friends essentially makes you more comfortable
with you writing.
I think it was very interesting how you compared and contrast Facebook posts to private journaling.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your thought of "unfiltered writing". The only way I can start writing an assignment, or paper is writing about how I feel in that moment. I just start writing about how I feel in that present moment, and I tend to write with various description. Once I've written a couple of sentences, then I feel as if my head is cleared and I can begin writing the assignment. Writer's block is definitely a real thing. Sometimes the only way I break it is to think of a random word pair or writing prompt, and just let it spark my imagination. I will do whatever it takes to scribble a couple of sentences together, and soon after...voila no more writers block!
ReplyDeleteI think you had a great response! You made a good point about how people can experience writer's block in different ways. I agree that the audience you are writing to changes the way in which you write. For example, we write in a much more professional tone with academic writing than we do on social media or when writing to our friends.
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