This blog post has been put together to portray what interested me while reading the following texts. I chose these quotes because they either really stood out from the rest of the text or I could compare it to my own writing habits.
Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray) “Instead of teaching finished writing, we should teach unfinished writing, and glory in its unfinishedness.”(Don Murray) “We have to respect the student, not for his product, not for the paper we call literature by giving it a grade, but for the search for truth in which he is engaged. We must listen carefully for those words that may reveal a truth, that may reveal a voice.”(Don Murray) “...we teach English to our students as if it were a foreign language. Actually, most of our students have learned a great deal of language before they come to us, and they are quite willing to exploit that language if they are allowed to embark on a serious search for their own truth.”(Don Murray) The Daily Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) “When I’m really working I don’t like to go out or have anybody to dinner, because then I lose the hour. If I don’t have the hour, and start the next day with just some bad pages and nowhere to go, I’m in low spirits. Another thing I need to do, when I’m near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it.”(Joan Didion) “ A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”(E.B. White) “I write in spurts. I write when I have to because the pressure builds up and I feel enough confidence that something has matured in my head and I can write it down. But once something is really under way, I don’t want to do anything else.”(Susan Sontag) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) “Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of the shitty first drafts.”(Anne Lamott) “I always show my work to one of two people before sending a copy to my editor or agent.”(Anne Lamott) “But beginners are learning to play, and they need encouragement to keep their hands moving across the page.”(Anne Lamott) My Writing Process “It’s okay if you don’t get your paper written exactly how you would like. That’s what revising is for.” “If your body is telling you to take a break from writing a paper, do it. You will just stress yourself out in the long run.” “Learn to accept criticism. It’s only going to help your writing.”
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Candace Stoltzfus
2/2/2018 01:12:38 pm
I enjoyed reading your own writing processes, I think they are good!
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