Welcome back! for this post I had to read and annotate 3 different readings, which are hyperlinked down below for your own reading enjoyment. After reading and annotating theses articles, I was then instructed to create a scene where I discuss writing with the authors and to use three quotes from each of them. It was a very cold winters day. I had just got home from school and started reading the three articles by Anne Lamott, Mary Karr, and Don Murray. I sat there procrastinating like always talking on the phone, watching netflix, and eating snacks when I really should be thinking what I should be writing in my next blog. But i think to myself theres to much distractions at my house let me go to the monument sit there and finish my work. I pack my bookbag with pens pencils my laptop, and of course some snacks!!!
I get to the moument only to see 3 people sitting at a table next to an empty table. I sit down and unpack my belongings put my airpods in and star my blog assignment. Once I finally focus in I hear a voice from the other table "The writing process itself can be divided into 3 stages: prewriting, writing, and prewriting." Once I hear that it makes me think about writing my blog and I turn and see who said it once I turn I see, Don Murray , Mary Karr, and Anne Lamott !!!! I turned and asked if they could help me with writing my blog assignment because I have no idea where to start. Mary says "In the beginning, when there are zero pages you have to cheer yourself into cranking stuff out even if later lands on the cutting room floor" and Anne says "Very few writier really know what their doing until they've done it". I then turn to Don and ask what he meant when he said that the writing process can be divided into 3 stages. He replies and says "Writing is the act of producing a first draft it is the fastest part of the process the most frightening for its a commitment. I tell them that the most frustrating part about writing is when I write and it never turns out what I want it ot how I expect it to be. Mary says "Every writer whos wortha damn spends more time losing then winning" which gave me a sense of comfort. I've always felt like it just me that writes and writes and it always ends up turning out horrible. Anne also argees with what Mary says and adds "the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty drafts first. Don says that " instead of teaching finishsed writing, we should teach unfinished writng and glory in its unfinishedness." I start to feel comfotable and my creative juices start flowing and I ask one more question before leaving the monument. I ask what is the secret to being a good writer? Mary answers saying " revision is the secret to their troubles" and Anne says " Good writing is about tellingthe truth" I left the monument feeling very confident and proud of my writing and couldnt wait until the next time i had to hand in a blog assignment!
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Emoni Walker
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