The collection will be pretty challenging. If we have just one subject that we need to write about in different genres, the topics of each writing would need to reflect the tone of the genre. Then avoiding using the same details in each individual work will be tricky. Unless I'm misunderstanding it and they will be picked from the different assignments we have throughout class.
My first impressions are (just my own irrational thoughts) that I'm already noticing that bad grammar is going to be more annoying than I care to admit. I'm not a grammar snob, but if I am spending the time to listen or read what you are saying, you should be reasonably well informed on the subject to speak about it and communicate it well. Careless grammar is going to make this writing exercise very frustrating for me to read and contribute to other's posts. How's that for an honest cold-open? I believe an individual's thoughts should be fairly well formulated before offering them to others to listen to. A measure of care and skill should be used to communicate your ideas to others. If a person is just "thinking out loud", I shouldn't be involved in this process to help you figure out exactly what you are debating or persuading me with. I hope to get passed that and be pleasantly surprised by your thought-provoking writing.
My first impressions are (just my own irrational thoughts) that I'm already noticing that bad grammar is going to be more annoying than I care to admit. I'm not a grammar snob, but if I am spending the time to listen or read what you are saying, you should be reasonably well informed on the subject to speak about it and communicate it well. Careless grammar is going to make this writing exercise very frustrating for me to read and contribute to other's posts. How's that for an honest cold-open? I believe an individual's thoughts should be fairly well formulated before offering them to others to listen to. A measure of care and skill should be used to communicate your ideas to others. If a person is just "thinking out loud", I shouldn't be involved in this process to help you figure out exactly what you are debating or persuading me with. I hope to get passed that and be pleasantly surprised by your thought-provoking writing.
Hi Eddy: I hope you can get "passed" (sic) that too (:
ReplyDeleteI think it's important to write a lot in a writing class and for a writing class to be a safe space, students have to be willing to take chances and mess up--either in their grammar or in writing about what they don't understand. The beauty of the blog is that if you do understand something better than they do, you can not only help them, but you can help yourself by getting your thoughts "on paper" so that you understand what you mean better. As E.M. Forster said, "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"