Christian writers

Dreamer Believer “I definitely love to be scared. It draws the primal side out of you. “words from one of my favorite directors of all time that inspired me to become a filmmaker is James Wan. The first film I saw by James Wan was Dead Silence. At the age of 10, I was amazed by how he made the puppets come to life in the movie. Since then, I have been always a big fan of horror films and however, he made me obsessed over every films with mystery story in it that I glue myself into the…

I believe my writing started off from a really strong base because my high school English teachers held rather high expectations like you do. However, after writing a few papers for you, I have noticed that I never really paid any attention to my works cited and just slapped on some citation that a website gave me. My writing was good, but I never bothered to learn why I did things, I just knew that things were supposed to be done that way. I haven’t learned everything, of course, but you have…

Group Thinking and Brainstorming can be a powerful tool used for collaborative innovation when done properly. The first article is “The Rise of the New Groupthink” by author Susan Cain, she is addressing groupthink among extraverts and introverts. Cains purpose in writing this article is to speak about how most of us work in teams for managers, who unfortunately admire people skills above all. She goes on to say that collaborations are in and as for lone workers that are out. The second article…

In the past my writing experiences have been both rewarding and disappointing. Disappointing because I seem to get a type of "stage fright" regarding the content in which I am to write about and my fear of failure. When the subject of what I am writing about is difficult and hard to find a positive outlet for, i.e. I am having a hard time getting in touch with my subject, the process of writing a research paper or summaries or any kind of extensive assignment becomes laborious and then…

In chapter two from the book “Writing Arguments a Rhetoric with Readings” it discusses finding issues to explore, and how to stimulate a writers thinking process. For example, Free Writing and Idea Mapping are two ways for a writer to brainstorm a broad topic and will help the writer think deeper into the topic. Also, in chapter two the reader learns that you have to read to believe and disagree argument’s claims as known as the believing and doubting game. In between each section of chapter two…

In summary, the first section of the Bedford Reader assists students in writing, and reading in ways that are different from what we know, yet are easy to understand. Also, we learn how to truly analyze an essay. The second section covers writing, and its importance in daily communication. Overall, an essay should keep the audience interested to understand your work. An essay and should be drafted to be efficiently revised to correct anything that does not fit well. Lastly, in writing, we should…

Everyone has an understanding of what it means to write an essay or just any type of text. Many people write in different ways for different reasons. Understanding the way you write makes taking on a writing project. As a writer, I understand what I need to do when approaching a writing project. When it comes to writing essays, I prefer to write about something I have a say in, in other words, something that I can relate to and be passionate about writing it. Brainstorming for a topic isn’t hard…

What expectations have been placed on your writing in the past? I was fortunate enough to go through high school with a group of great group of English professors, people who really cared about their students and wanted them to succeed. My main influence in high school was my Advanced Writing professor Mr. Gehrman, a man who was known to be very eccentric, and also had high expectations for myself and the rest of my class. I would like to say that I met his expectations the majority of the time,…

On Monday January 23, I had the honor of speaking with and listening to the life story of Sheba Turk. Sheba informed us on her life as a co-anchor for the Eyewitness Morning News and how she got to this point in her life. She was born and raised in Gentilly, Louisiana. She attended St. Mary’s Dominican High School and participated in musical theater. She explained that theater gave her the confidence to speak on TV. After high school, Sheba spent the first half of her college career studying…

dreams of publication. A large part of furthering my career in copy editing is to complete college. My experience as a copy editor will facilitate my academic work and ensure the completion of my goal to earn a communications degree at Colorado Christian University. My position…