Sunday, September 7, 2014
Reflection #2
I never thought that writing is great. As I went on reading the Writing Down the Bones, I learned a lot of things. Every time that I try to write something for my classes, I don't know what to write about. In the book, it shows us steps to write something. I now know that if we don't have topics to write on, we should brainstorm. It could be anything. From what we did recently is best. Before writing, list down all things that happened during that particular time. This is a great start. There is this phrase in the book where it says "Stop battling yourself with guilt, accusations, and strong-arm threats." When I read this phrase, there was this feeling that came to me that I should never ever do such things that are being mentioned. Every time I try to write something, these are what struggle me. Writing a way to success.
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I agree with you. Reading the book helps us a lot! Good reflection!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam for your great post. Writing Down the Bones has been an inspiration to me. I haven't read it in many years, but maybe I will go back to it. You're right: just get down and WRITE! Get past the barriers and self judgement and go for it. I can always write about what I had for breakfast, the conversations I had with my wife and daughter and how my cat looked this morning. Sounds trivial, but who knows what might develop from this? If we don't write about something, we'll never get down to writing. Sounds simple, but I think it works. Natalie Goldberg also has an autobiographical book called Long Quiet HIghway that I found very moving. Keep writing down your bones!
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