Sunday, August 31, 2014
Blog #2
As long as I've been writing I've never really found it to be incredibly difficult for me to accomplish the task at hand. I always manage to write what needs to be written on time and get a decent/good grade on it. For me writing is like hiking up a mountain (Im not a big fan of hiking mountains). I see the paper as a big mountain in front of me that needs to be conquered. Brainstorming and trying to organize my thoughts is like taking the first step up from the base mountain. Once I start writing my paper and getting my thoughts onto the page its equivalent to setting a good pace on the hike up to the summit. Completing my paper and getting it ready to hand in is obviously like finally reaching the top. I guess the fact that writing is like this for me shows that Im not the type of person who enjoys writing. Its also says however that regardless of if I like to write or not, I always will get it done because I understand writing is important and necessary just like exercise (hiking up a mountain) is important. My attitude towards writing has always been, "Try your best and give this paper as much effort as you can despite the fact that you don't like writing. Grades are important and you can't get good grades without trying your best when it comes to writing". To be honest I came up with that metaphor myself; no media/writers had influence in me coming up with that metaphor. When I was younger, my parents always wanted me to keep a journal because they believed it would make me a better writer in the long run. I hated having to write in my journal everyday and maybe the fact that I had to do that is why I've always disliked writing for as long as I can remember. Hopefully this class can somehow turn me into the type of person who enjoys writing. Life would be much easier if I did.
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I could relate to the way you talked about how writing was never really difficult for you and how you basically always just went through the motions, only doing it to get it done, and to get a good grade. I also liked how you talked about how your parents made you write in the journal everyday and you disliked that, because I hate when I'm forced to write. I hate having to be told what exactly to write on also. I'd much rather if not write free verse, have a slight guideline and then be allowed to run free on it. I really liked hearing your thoughts on writing, because I felt very similarly to a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteI thought was cool the way you described it like hiking up a mountain. You put in all the work, get to the top and feel accomplished, even if you didn't want to do it to begin with. That makes me think of like every time I've had a writing assignment ever. When I finally sit down to do it, after procrastinating for as long as possible, I put in everything I can, even if it does suck, even if I would rather be doing fifteen other things, at the end of the day it's an assignment that must be done.
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