Sunday, September 13, 2009
A Simple Strategy
I would love to be a writer that does not care about my readers. Not that I have readers. Honestly, all of my writing is done solely for the benefit of my education, making it, not the reader, but the grade that is my concern. If there is no concern for approval, I believe that writing would be more personal and valuable. While reading King's "On Writing" and Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style" I found some common advice: "write in a way that comes naturally to you" (Strunk and White 70). If you try to fudge your way into a better paper with vocabulary that is beyond your comprehesion or sentence structures that don't come with ease you lose the respect of yourself and your reader. It seems like such a simple rule; to write with the skills you possess. It is the use of skills, which we have not yet acquired, that hinders the ones we have. If I expect anyone to read what I write and comprehend its meaning, I should be able to comprehend it. My goal is to set aside my need for appreciation and recognition so that I may have a chance at attaining it.
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I have enjoyed all of your blogs so far, but I must say that this one seems to be my absolute favorite. I agree 100 % with you. It feels nice to be able to open up your soul and just let it flow onto the page.
ReplyDeleteI definitely feel the same way. As students I feel like we were taught to write in order to please the teacher. They were the one's grading us so we felt obligated to sound like them and sound like we knew what we were talking about. I'm really looking forward in this class to write like I am talking to someone our age rather than trying to write for my english teacher.
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