One should never judge a book by its cover or its size but judge it after finished. I hear that everytime when I am refer a book to read. Bird by bird by Lamott was no expectation a book in which I thought would put me to sleep. How can a book about someone teaching how to write can be interesting? How can I be wrong when the book reminds me of a checkerboard game, which I enjoy to play. Unfortunately, my enjoyment for playing checker did not changed my mind about her book, not until I started to read. The cliche that shun people from judging new opportunity and new interaction to be unpleasant was right about this book because I have underestimated Bird by Bird. Bird by Bird shows through her stories that it is not easy to just seat and …show more content…
Which allows your mind to flow smoothly in all of your chaos because overthinking causes paralyzes .Later, will I learn the cliche quote and one word at at time will emulate throughout the book as she shares her stories and perspective of connecting writing life.
I was surprised that she made teaching how to write so painless to read. The way she write, entertained me and humor me in such a way that her writing technique became a technique I would like to master. Her uses of metaphors and smilies gave me a different perspective of writing through example of our daily life interaction and self talk. Bird by Bird taught me the purpose of writing, the freedom it allowed, the tools it give to uses in future papers, and lastly when to finish a paper. Through her childhood stories, I learnt that people that we expose to especially our parents and our
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Her teaching method on how to write through the uses of personal stories and sense of humor made reading less boring. Her method in breaking the chapter in her book base on main tips to be a better writer feel easier to accomplish on my own. A good writer must have an open and adaptable mind when sharing ones story. Also, pacing myself throughout the process of writing the paper will allow me to compartmentalize my thoughts on paper and ease the stress. I admire her relationship with her family, her son , and the people that she encounter as they play a role in craving her belief. After I finish I am to this conclusion, writing is like life in which aim to accomplish our task through all the chaos in our mind by approaching everything with an open mindset. With such openness nothing will change our destination instead our experiences will only encourage and remind us how valuable each lessons and how paying attention to everything will pay off at the end. Once you reach the destination filing with surge of excitement and relief because you made it to
She would often talk about both her love and mother hood life along
Her story is one of great strength, power, and faith and if it was not for her superb writing skills, that message would not get across as clearly as it does. “I took a long
Lesson 8: Journal Response I enjoyed reading Black Boy by Richard Wright because it was a touching story about the significant of books. In the story, Wright shares the story of the life-changing transformation books introduced into his life during a time of hardship. Books allowed him to change his perspective of life a feeling he describes as, “The impulse to dream had been slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. It was not a matter of believing or disbelieving what I read, but of feeling something new, of being affected by something that made the look of the world different.”
Anne Lamott 's essay, “Shitty First Drafts” explains to its readers that all writers, even the best, can have “shitty first drafts.” The essay presents the proper writing process from the first draft to the final piece of work. Her essay is intended to encourage writers who are in need of direction when it comes to writing and to teach inexperienced writers ways to become more successful in writing. Anne Lamott uses her personal experiences to build credibility, figurative language to engage the reader and provides the reader with logical steps for the writing process. To build credibility on her processes success, Lamott uses her own personal experiences.
In reading Lamott’s essay I found myself compelled to keep reading. It was the first time I read an article on how to be a better writer that basically says, do your worse work, and then learn from it. Interestingly enough there are components in her article that I can relate too such as in paragraph five where she discusses the initial writing and not being able to start the writing process. I can relate to this because when writing I sometimes stare at the computer screen thinking of the right words to open my essay with, even though I have ideas for other parts of the paper I am left stuck at the start line. Overall her article brought a type of excitement to me as I read it, almost as if it has given me hope for writing, especially with the thought of a five page paper lingering in the back of my mind.
“But God made my face; you cannot want to tear my face. Envy is a deadly sin, Mary.” (pg.115). During this time people of the town were easily persuaded to persecute their fellow neighbors, due to their religion and it’s principles. Thirty years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials there was a witch scare in Hartford,Connecticut, resulting in raised tensions about witches, making the hangings of 20 people more of a safety precaution rather than a righteous and fair trial.
In the story, “on Birds, Bird Watching and Jazz” by Ellison, the interesting theory as to how Charles Porter Jr. got his nickname as “Bird “ is told using humor in his stories along with a careful choice of syntax and his diction. In the first paragraph, the author uses alliteration,”...and despite the crabbed and constricted character…” to give us an insight on the figure he is speaking about. The author also chooses these words to build up an impression and then breaks it by saying Parker was a most intensive melodist. In the second paragraph of this story, Ellison establishes what a nickname does and how it would originate. Continuing on, Ellison introduces a new fact to the audience, that jazzmen were labeled as cats because they were legends.
Sarcastically Angry In Cheryl Pecks essay titled “Fatso” she conveys personal stories that have caused her pain throughout her life. Peck is an angry woman that has reached out to her readers to focus their attention to the pain she has felt since she was a child, and still feels today. I like the way she gives clear narrates for readers to envision situations, while using a sarcastically bitter tone to belittle the ones she herself was belittled by. Recalling a painful experience as a child, and how all the comments that were made have initiated her to have similar views about herself as an adult. When Peck speaks of a conversation with her friend Anne about a statement made to the gentleman Anne went to the fair with.
I am now able to see the areas in which I lack in but I also recognize my strengths as well. To become a precise writer, you have to take the initiatives that will help you do so. These initiatives consist of working on different academic genres, planning and organizing material, identifying purpose and audience and for revising intentionally. It is also includes reading different types of texts and learning how to understand a writer’s argument and respond to the ideas of others.
Huda Paracha 812 To Kill A Mockingbird And Caged Birds “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. ”- Maya Angelou Have you ever had any emotional or physical struggles in your life that sometimes made you feel as if though you were caged and unable to achieve your goal?
Books are one of humanity’s greatest creations. They are treasures of precious thought. Whenever I hold such beauty in my hands I am amazed by a human being’s ability to write and transform simple letters into words, into stories, into ideas. Throughout my young life so far I have had the pleasure and honour of reading a myriad of novels from many different genres. In the future I hope to further expand my library of knowledge.
Notes to editor Hi, I hope you like the book I wrote. Since this is the first time I have written for you, I had to take an educated guess regarding the writing style and “voice” of the piece. I took a risk and wrote the book with plenty of personality. It is closer to the style of the “For Dummies” books than it is to a textbook.
Long, American fingers crossing over 49ers jerseys. Orioles caps plucked from foreheads. A troop of nine year olds in blue speedos impatiently tapping their feet and twisting their legs as a loudspeaker screeches overhead. A celebrity wrapped in a tight red dress, pressing a microphone to the puckered “o” of her lips as her vocal cords strive for new heights. Every Superbowl, every little league game, every hot, heated, and overcrowded band of bottoms squeezed on metal, dented bleachers, Americans, aided by pride and alcohol, bellow the “Star Spangled Banner.”
I continued to type; I added in unnecessary symbolism and metaphors to give the illusion of a well-written paper. I was making good time, I had almost a page and a half done already, but suddenly I stopped writing. “ What next?” I had a case of writer's block, and it was bad.
Nowadays every one is a writer. We write on social media every day, we send emails and short messages. However, we are not all great writers, this is the reserve of the few that put in effort and can cleverly coin a phrase. -------------------------------- I begin my journey knowing I face a myriad of challenges.