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Shitty First Draft

Quote

“Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of
shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good
second drafts and terrific third drafts.”

Response

Writing a short assignment helps you to create a better draft for second and third. This is something that I use to do back in high school writing short first paragraph and do second and third one. This way I get to come back to first draft and add more content and make it more strong paragraph.

Quote

“People tend to look at successful writers who are getting their books published and maybe even doing well financially and think that they sit down at their desks every morning feeling like a million dollars, But this is just the fantasy of the uninitiated.”

Response 

I strongly agree with this quote because people tend to sit and think how writer is rich and their luxury lifestyle and how they doing well financially and they want to do the same as writer. However people don’t think about how the writer got there what did he/she had to do to get there and the amount of work they put in. You have to be enthusiastic about writing and have to fall in love with it you can’t just become a writer just to earn money.

Quote

“First I’d go to a restaurant several times with a few opinionated, articulate friends in tow. I’d sit there writing down everything anyone said that was at all interesting or funny. Then on the following Monday I’d sit down at my desk with my notes and try to write the review.”

Response 

As a writer you need to listen to people opinions. This helps you to develop your writing strategy and gives you more knowledge about your draft. Peoples opinion can have huge impact on the draft and help you validate your point.

Quotes

“I’d write a lead paragraph that was a whole page, even though the entire review could only be three pages long, and then I’d start writing up descriptions of the food, one dish at a time.”

Response 

Changing up your writing style can help you to develop more idea. This style can grab your readers attention quickly and will make your draft look more interesting.

 

Seven And A Half Minute Of Writing

There is this one time me and 2 other friends were riding the bike and we went to bay ridge walking path.  We brought some snacks and drink. We were talking about random stuff then I’m not sure what brought about our education system but we were talking about it. Me and my friend saying how some of our education systems changed over time and some stayed the same.  We were talking about how COVID-19 changed our education. We never thought of doing online classes fully that’s something in the future we thought would happen. Covid-19 made me realize how even the most important thing like our education system can change overnight. Also, we were talking about how the school isn’t teaching us the most valuable lesson like how to make money. Everyone tells us you need to finish your education to make a good amount of money. But there are a lot of rich people like bill gate, steve job they didn’t go to college and they became billionaires. This made me question myself about our education system.  We then moved onto college and talking about how college is all about business and how they are taking money from the student with low income. We all agreed that college should be free for all students. Sometimes some student gets accepted to their dream college but they have to let it go because of how much amount of money the college required. This makes it harder because sometimes they have to drop out for a few months so they can earn the money the college required. This delays students from their dream and their future goals. Not everyone has the same opportunity as others. Situation like this makes me think why our education system isn’t fully free.

Understanding Genre Awareness

Quotes

“Horror film for example, typically begin at night or in poor weather and have dramatic

music with  very little dialogue”

Response 

The narrator explaining that in horror or any other movies the dialogues are expected

based on the categories the the movie is in.

Quotes

“Developing genre awareness means becoming aware how certain text are similar in their

structure and organization”.

Response

When writing genre awareness changing context in your writing  helps  you develop well

organized  strong structure and helps you identify Similarities in your text.

Quotes

“Good writer are always aware of their   audience and purpose and genre awareness helps

us meet the expectations of our audience”.

Response 

Every good writer wants to attract their audience interest in best Possibilities way by their

text. This where genre helps you to develop your text as a professional writer and helps you

to meet your desire goals.

Quotes 

“The misconception  is that people feel that exact prescribed way of writing a text”.

Response 

People read a text and might think it’s  the same however it’s not because every writer uses

different style also type of forces like centrifugal force and centripetal force. These forces

changes  the writer’s writing style.

 

 

 

 

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