In A Writer’s Reference, authors Diane Hacker and Nancy Sommers explore the writing process by providing the steps needed to write a successful essay. The authors provide plenty of examples for each one of the crucial steps. In section C1 of the book, the topic discussed is how to accordingly plan writing an essay. While in the section C2, it focuses on writing the first draft of your essay. Finally, the third section explains how to properly revise your first draft to make it as best as possible.…
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg is an instructional and explanatory novel that 's main goal is to, as it states, free the writer within. Goldberg strives to have each reader achieve the level of utmost appreciation and recognition of writing that she has also. She looks at writing as a way to escape life, but also to dive deeper into it, both at the same time. Right at the beginning when talking about the purpose of the novel, she directly states, " It is also about using writing as your practice, as a way to help you penetrate your life and become sane.…
“This is pure garbage. Was I drunk when I wrote this?” These are both common thoughts that cross my mind when reviewing and analyzing one of my drafts. The art of writing, by no means, is a simple task, and nearly every individual, at some point, encounters this obstacle in their lifetime. For some this skill may come easy, creating literature from scrap within hours is a simple task.…
This first story I wanted to focus on my writing. I always find it difficult coming up with a story for my readers to read and follow. I tried to set the plot as my second concern, and write good sentences and put into practice what I’ve learned. Lately I’ve been writing weird, dream like stories. One of the biggest feedbacks I got from this last year with a different story was to let the readers know ahead of time what is going on.…
MY WRITING PROCESS Have you ever thought of any human activity that is intertwined? Thinking and Writing is intertwined and goes hand in hand. Have you wondered how great writers start their writing journey? Every writing start with thinking. Anyone who has written an Article, Book, Poem, Song, Film etc. has already had a thought or is thinking about something.…
Many books claim to contain the secrets of becoming a good writer. Some are written by academics, others by prize-winning writers, and it is often difficult to decide which are worth reading. In 2000, bestselling author Stephen King took his own stab at it (King’s usual subject matter forces me to use that clichéd metaphor), publishing nearly 300 pages of advice for aspiring writers under the tile On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft . King acknowledges almost immediately that “most books about writing are filled with bullshit” (page ix), yet he somehow manages to avoid that fate.…
Truly anyone can change the future. Back to the Future, a science fiction, action by Robert Zemeckis shows the audience many different themes. It tells how people shouldn’t abuse privileges, shouldn’t let “wants” get in the way of “needs”, and must always stand up for what they want. Despite all of these themes, there is one that is completely fool-proof and works for the story. Back to the Future tells people that they are in control of their own future, whether it’s dealing with bullies, causing the butterfly effect, or simply changing an outlook on life.…
Throughout the first semester of College Composition, I wrestled with three essays, all differing in format and content. The first was a narrative that reflected our educational experience. After this came an analysis of a visual text, followed by a research paper. The narrative was the easiest to write; however, I acquired important skills for writing the other two, which were in a less familiar format. With the three essays, I learned about my own writing skills and habits concerning development and critical thinking, time management, and organization.…
Through the following three essays, “Why I Write,” by George Orwell, “Why I Write,” by Joan Didion, and “A Way of Writing,” by William Stafford, a reader can interpret the importance of writing in daily lives. The three authors discuss the significance of writing and it has impacted their personal lives. I was most compelled by Joan Didion’s “Why I Write” because of its ability to encourage everyone to develop an interest in he topic.…
John Carpenters ’s 1982 horror film, The Thing was made as a premise for social commentary on the deterioration of humanity, warning society of the devastating potential of thinking as individuals in isolation rather than a collective. These themes are accentuated through the use of an alien specimen that enters the world of American male scientists based in Antarctica. The alien (or “Thing”) infects living organisms and attempts to take over the human race by ‘imitating’ them, leaving the men in a fight for their own survival as they try to differentiate between “human” and an alien imitation of a human. The term humanity itself is redefined in this film and is stripped to its bare minimum: the mere biological relationship between humans.…
My mind feels like a 1000 piece puzzle missing a piece. I can’t simply find the right words to say to start this paper. It is always like this when freewriting; the idea of freewriting in and of itself frightens me. Never able to put the words in my head onto paper in a way that it can be read eloquently by others. My hands start to cramp automatically at the idea of freewriting.…
Painting an Essay My writing process is similar to making art in many ways. When painting, one has to be delicate and deliberate, hoping for the best, but working with mistakes. The colors on the canvas are softly brushed onto the paper, and the sketch below drafts a form created from the depths of the mind. Every word must come together to create an image that speaks to the audience.…
Like with quality reading, quality writing is the activity of being alone, but with the exception of reading words, one must pick out words, choosing the very best to jot down on the page. The inspiration varies with each writer, even if the writer is not fully aware that he is in fact a writer, but the inspiration is the same for the artist, for the musician, the architect, and the sculptor. When one writes, they are not only expressing themselves (and, if they like to write, expressing themselves in the purest way they deem possible), they are also creating something, whether they are conscious of this or not, because the formation of words, the development of sentences, and the structuralizing of anything written takes a considerable amount of effort, discipline, thought and creativity—no matter what the finished written work is. In other words, to write means to think and to think means to have thought, which Sullivan actually affirms when he says, “you cannot create unless you think, and you cannot truly think without creating thought.” So, in another instance of using Sullivan’s own argument against him, writing is a slow activity not because the mind is going too fast but because the mind is disciplining itself by gathering its thoughts and translating them into readable…
Stacy Odigie Professor Robinson English 1301 WC1 12/14/15 Personal Experience with Writing Writing is a defined as an activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text. Writing can be a expression of your individuality; you have the power to express what you feel and how you feel on paper with the power to motivate, inspire, and impact someone's life.…
Through this one is able to come up with various creative solutions to problems. Imagination and rumination are closely related to creative acts (Holohan…