Fall 2009 Journal Entry

I stared at my fingers trying to find the words to write this journal entry. Then it hits me, chapter 1 of “A guide to Writing” was made for this moment. Each section had things to say which is made to be read by a beginning writer. A long with gloating about it’s own greatness it fits in an up to day perception. By teaching the basics like why writing is important all the way to how writing is learned they cover any doubts you could have. Writing gives you more opportunity to succeed in college or a career. It helps you organize what you read into important keys. Writing even helps you grow as an individual and reach out to your peers. Over all, it gives you the chance to do well in nearly everything. The best thing to know is that all writers need to work at their writing. Professional writers read to learn how others write. This is how writers recognize genres. They follow general patterns which are predictable that most readers can catch. The Concise Guide to Writing provided  its own examples of genres, those cheeky bastards.

            “You would learn very little in this world if you were not allowed to imitate. And to repeat your imitations until some solid grounding…was achieved an the slight but wonderful difference-that made you and no one else-could assert itself.”  That was a quote by Mary Oliver. I can relate to what she was saying from any point of view. Whether is be writing or drawing your first picture, we need that wide set of examples to produce original ideas. Everything that we have done follows a pattern we had learn from something previous. In writing, you take what you have read before to recognize it’s pattern then you see its possibilities for innovation. You can see this in your body language. You know you learned that annoyed tapping of the foot or the huff of frustration from someone.