Posts from ‘March, 2009’

The other day, my boyfriend told me that when he has to write essays for school, he thinks about how Anthony Bourdain narrates the Travel Channel show No Reservations. This made me think of the advice Professor Smith gave us; to find what we like to read, and try to write like that. Being home sick for the past few [...]

This is one of my favorite books of all time. It’s so relatable on so many levels, there are so many subtle lessons in it; each time I read it (I’ve read it at least 20 times) I realize things that I didn’t realize the previous time..This is one of my favorite paragraphs..I’m not sure why..
 
“This [...]

I’ve never heard of Annie Dillard before, and honestly I really enjoyed what we read in class. I went out and bought a book by her, a novel titled the Maytrees. I’m in the middle of it now. I think the writing is phenomenal, however, I’m half way through it and still waiting to really [...]

We talked about timing and pacing a little while ago so I thought it might be interesting to bring up a technique I came across in a book I just finished…
It was a coming of age story trailing a girl from her early teen years to her 30s and though the chick lit ending of [...]

In the last class before prof-student meeting week, Prof. Smith asked us what we would like to see more of. I answered this question by stating that reading more approachable writers would be appealing (non-New Yorker writers, writer with abilities within the grasp of students in our class). In my effort to find examples of [...]

Hey guys, I hate the computer so that’s why I only get on at 2 or 3 in the morning–when I no longer have energy to do anything else.
For my Great Writing Sample of the week (this one is more like Pedestal material) I will leave an anonymous paragraph. It is my favorite author and my favorite book. Kudos to anyone who can [...]

Pun for the Ages
By JOSEPH TARTAKOVSKY
Published: March 28, 2009 
excerpt from article

“Energizer Bunny Arrested! Charged with Battery.” No laugh? Q.E.D.
Puns are the feeblest species of humor because they are ephemeral: whatever comic force they possess never outlasts the split second it takes to resolve the semantic confusion. Most resemble mathematical formulas: clever, perhaps, but [...]

For Meditation 3, I tried to write humor. I found it to be much more challenging than I expected. I also read the humor chapter in the Zinsser book(unfortunately I did this after writing and submitting my paper, but at least it will help for revision). I think that chapter is a good starting point [...]

One piece of advice that many writers and authors have shared with me is to have someoneles read your paper or at least a couple of other people because it gives you great feedback on your piece as a whole.

Often times in my writing there tends to be alot of final points, closers, or big ideas.  I usually do alot of writing for youth development, adolescent lessons, women, counseling and religious messages for church occassions.  When I do these messages or speeches, though, they come out well thought out, Im trying to find my personal [...]