Do you suck at writing, like I do? I mean dreadfully suck? You see, my forte’ is math, because of my line of work as a financial counselor, I’m required to be exceptionally proficient with numbers. So, you see this English Composition I course may prove to be a little challenging but never have I ever backed down from a challenge and I ain’t about to start now, “Yes Professor Mangini, I said ain’t!” So for this assignment we had to provide quotes from the following three readings as well as my own writing process.
· Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray) · The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) · Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray) Quote 1. "Instead of teaching finished writing, we should teach unfinished writing, and glory in its unfinishedness." Quote 2. "It is the responsibility of the student to explore his own world with his own language, to discover his own meaning. The teacher supports but does not direct this expedition to the student's own truth." Quote 3. "The students are individuals who must explore the writing process in their own way, some fast, some slow, whatever it takes for them, within the limits of the course deadlines, to find their own way to their own truth." The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) Quote 1. "A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper." ( E.B. White) Quote 2. "I write with a felt-tip pen, or sometimes a pencil, on yellow or white legal pads, that fetish of American writers. I like the slowness of writing by hand. Then I type it up and scrawl all over that. And keep on retyping it, each time making corrections both by hand and directly on the typewriter, until I don’t see how to make it any better.” (Susan Sontag) Quote 3. “Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.” (William Gibson) Quote 4. “You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again.” (Ernest Hemingway) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) Quote 1. “Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” (E.L. Doctorow) Quote 2. “For me, and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.” (Anne Lamott) Quote 3. “I don’t think you have the time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won’t be good enough at it, and I don’t think you have the time to waste on someone who does not respond to you with kindness and respect. You don’t want to spend your time around people who make you hold your breath. And writing is about filling up, filling up when you are empty, letting images and ideas and smells run down like water.” (Anne Lamott) My process 1. Ask the children what their needs are so that there are no interruptions. 2. Eat a good meal, I cannot think when I am hungry. 3. And maybe accidently eat some cinnamon toast crunch infused edibles. Accidently, maybe.
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Insert introduction and Proust Questionare The Proust Questionnaire __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of perfect happiness is being successful in something that I love doing and being able to vacation with my friends and family frequently. __2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is growing old alone. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? The trait I most deplore in myself is procrastination. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? The Trait I most deplore in others is uncleanliness. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? 1. Concert tickets 2. Handbags __7.__What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind is to stay focused. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Honesty, it is not always the best policy. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? When I must. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I could use a little extra gluteus maximus. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? The person I most despise who is amongst the living is the guy with the orange hair and whose favorite line is “your fired”. Yeah that guy! __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? When he is faithful. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? Her independence. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I know that’s accurate? __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? Chicken. __16.__When and where were you happiest? __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? _18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? If I could change one thing about myself it would have to be to have better time management. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? Raising four children with no prior experience. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A butterfly, no one kills butterflies. __21.__Where would you most like to live? Atlanta. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession is the gold necklace that I wear that belonged to my mother. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Losing someone close to me, and the process it takes to heal. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? Entrepreneur. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? My most marked characteristic is my laugh. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? __27.__Who are your favorite writers? Terri Woods. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? Riley Freeman from the Boondocks __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My heroes in real life are my Dad, Dr. Martin Luther King, and President Obama __31.__What are your favorite names? _32.__What is it that you most dislike? __33.__What is your greatest regret? My greatest regret is not finishing my education when I was younger. __34.__How would you like to die? Happy. __35.__What is your motto? 1. Be happy and insist upon it! 2. Work hard and play harder! |
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