I think this chapter provided some interesting insight into what I had identified as the most straight forward aspect of writing. I had previously connotated the plot of the story with a series of very straightforward sequences of action and resolution, that ultimately lead to the climactic point of conflict and then the end. However, … [Read more…]
Throughout the shorts tory ” Whose Heart I wish to Stop with the Click of a Revolver”, Solomon uses a character’s transgressions to either redefine or identify them within a predominating social structure, or to indicate some other character trait. Specifically, Solomon uses transgressions of gender and sexuality— which are normally polarizing and isolating— to … [Read more…]
This chapter was quite enlightening, as it answered a number of questions I had and resolved a great deal of annoyance I had attributed to characterizing when writing. In fact, most of my issue with writing comes from feeling as though is flattened a character that I had intended to be round, or wanting to … [Read more…]
Journal #13 There’s an unfortunate truth about writing that very few people talk about, and it’s one that I think should be addressed: writing is overwhelming. And then the feeling of being overwhelmed by even the idea of the task of writing, ends up being this unspoken and awful thing. It’s also a feeling that, … [Read more…]
Journal #12 Whenever I’m talking to one of my peers during a meeting, I find myself wishing that they could picture what goes on inside my head as I write. Mostly, because they could see what an absolute mess it is. They could see the various gears and coils that move and bounce with one … [Read more…]
Journal #11 Dos of Being a Writing Fellow: -write down what your peer says when you’re talking about the paper at first, this is the most casual and genuine they’ll probably be throughout the whole meeting. -email your peers if you get something wrong. They’ll probably want to know that the running head is supposed … [Read more…]
Journal #10 High school was, by no means, the best of my social life. Being a by-the-book band geek, in a by-the-book suburban town- probably didn’t help that experience. And being a drum major (that’s the person that stands in front of the entire marching band, with a feather on their head, and waves their … [Read more…]
Journal #8 Chapter 12 of Gillespie and Lerner’s The Longman Guide to Peer Tutoring, “Interdisciplinary and On-Line Tutoring”, nicely addressed the remaining questions I had about tutoring. The first few pages of the chapter on interdisciplinary writing helped me find answers to most of them. Especially poignant, were the ideas made on the page number 155, … [Read more…]
Journal #7 From my recent, brief experiences (which consist of Wednesday’s and yesterday’s meetings), my peers have not been engaging in reading at all. Admittedly, they’re honest about this, and whenever I ask if they’ve read their sources they usually say that they’ve skimmed them or looked over them, but they don’t know what any … [Read more…]
Journal #6 At the risk of sounding cliche, being a writing fellow has pretty much changed the course of my future. Being part of this program has opened up doors to a series of opportunities that have, ultimately, lead me to change my major. That being said, I still want to do the same … [Read more…]
