Writing

I have always wanted to document events in my life but I find that life gets in the way. I have been told that I am an elaborate storyteller but I have never taken the time to put pen to paper. Many would say this blog is the perfect opportunity to write. I have found that even with this weekly avenue the thoughts don't spring from my head to the page. I have numerous thoughts and ideas that could come to life through words but I can seem to open the vault and let them be free. I find that I can envision them and live them in my mind in vivid technicolor. Stories about my childhood, the adventures of my imaginary friends from when I was 4. I have so many great ideas and stories and descriptions of places and time periods that I could spew onto page, yet I lack the motivation or maybe I lack the freedom of creation to allow my words to be free. Maybe I am afraid that the brilliance I see in my mind's eye is not that bright in true light. I know no one will read this so I am free to just ramble on or stumble through fragmented and grammatically incorrect sentences. I can be free to express without worry until one day some decides to read this. We here goes. I hope you were entertained.

Standards and Expectations for Revising

My approach to revision is in a way that is both constructive to the writer and the reader. As in every text we should be clearly taken through the text I also believe that we should learn something new from every text. The text should not completely cater to the reader as it is the result of the writers hardwork. Based on the reading it was expressed that you should treat the writer the way you would like to be treated. I am agree with this statement but only so much that the writer is not overly critical or negative but it still serves my purpose. As I am dyslexic I appreciate when a reader catches my grammatical and spelling mistakes because I know there can be many. I expect that the reader will be indepth in their critics and make it so that it maintains my original thought yet emphasis it. My standards for revising will be simple. Revise the text as is and not compare it to anything else. Take the expectations that I have of my reader and treat them with the same courtesy.

On Writing

Stephen King takes an interesting position on writing. He shows how writing intertwines with real life make it come to life. To look at grammar as tools in a toolbox is an interesting take. It demystifies the rules and reasons for grammar. Discussing how it along with the tools are handed down from person to person is an interesting twist. I found that I could envision everything he had discussed and that he had made everything come clear. I never thought that a manual of sorts would be written in such a manner. However as simple and easy he made these ideas nothing jumped out at me throughly and made me have any specific thoughts.

Memoir

Prior to reading this article and getting to this section in class I never knew there was the difference between memoir and autobiography. In reading the article this confusion of the genre is shared by many. Truly after reading this article I find I have trouble approaching this blog. Do I document my feelings or just summate the article? This conflict of feelings is comparable to the battle memoir versus autobiography. I can see how the genre of memoir can bring you in because it is a snapshot of someone's life. It allows you to experience the moment, the emotions, and the essence of the overall experience. This type of writing draws people in and gives them an intense moment of passion and not some long drawn out series of play by play, of mostly exaggerated lives. The memoir has blossomed as a genre because it connects , while the autobiography tends to drag you on a ride that you might not want to be on. While each moment is individual in memoir, it has a general appeal because it can happen to anyone versus you can not live out someone's entire life. I am confused by what I was supposed to be getting from this article, maybe it was supposed to inspire this a memoir of the feelings invoked by this article. I hope you enjoyed the ride or at least formed the same questions the arose after I read the Yagoda article.

When it comes to writing in the voice of another I can understand how a person can take on and even portray the character precisely. As an observer of a person you idolize that person and create an image that encompasses the public image of that person or group. In life we create references when it comes to women, a woman or cluster of women will come to mind. As Harrison, speaks of his mother and aunts, they are his reference cluster. It is because he knows them and has observed them he is able to characterize them in a believable fashion. The sense that he gets from them will be conveyed because he knows what is like to preceive them and how he wants the audience to receive his character.

An example would be transexuals, they convey men or women as they see them or believe they are. They take on their personas and live out their lifestories. I mean we all live out personas and embodiements of idols. As long as the proper steps are taken to take on both the inward and outward influences of the subject, a person can speak in the voice of another. So writing in the first person of another is very possible because we have created the image and idea in our mind it is just a matter of conveying it.