Author: Leon Sukhdeo (Page 6 of 8)

Quote 1: “For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.”  -3rd Paragraph 

Response: I never thought about writing a really “shitty” draft on purpose. Some people might think it’s a waste of time but I can see that when writing a shitty draft you can get everything down in your mind and let it go all over the place and when it’s time to write your final or a rough draft you can just pick apart what you want to add and what you don’t.

Quote 2: “Even after I’d been doing this for years, panic would set in. I’d try to write a lead, but instead, I’d write a couple of dreadful sentences, XX them out, try again, XX everything out, and then feel despair and worry settle on my chest like an x-ray apron.” -5th Paragraph 

Response: This quote shows me how passionate she is when it comes to writing.

Quote 3: “Eventually I’d go back and sit down at my desk, and sigh for the next ten minutes” -5th Paragraph 

Response: I have mixed feelings when it comes to taking a break when comes to writing. I get that it’s good to relax and take a break so you can finish strong but for me, I feel I would get lost and not know how to continue if I take a break.

Quote 4:  “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper.” – 10th Paragraph 

Response: I agree with this. When writing a story I believe it’s better to start somewhere random when trying to think. I think it’s harder to start from the beginning to end than starting from the middle and working around it.

The ingredients for writing an education narrative are to make sure to first have the audience’s attention. You have to know who your audience is and your purpose to meet the expectation of your audience. Jose Olivarez from “Maybe I could save myself by writing” started by going back in time and talked about his past. As a reader that grabbed my attention because I became curious to see what was the turning point for him growing up. In addition, when writing an education narrative there has to be a conflict to give your story a reason for the reader to continue reading. And finally, there should be something the reader will always have in mind after reading your story.

My only concern when writing my own education narrative is I won’t have enough details to create a “movie”. In other words, I’m worried if my narrative won’t be in order and be all over the place.

Quote 1: “No two films are exactly alike as different actors, directors, and scripts writers make big difference to the overall film.” Timeframe:  2:04

Response: I agree with this. I have seen movies that have the exact storyline but with different actors and different directors and the movie is completely different based on how the actors act and who the actors are.

Quote 2: “Good writers are always aware of their audience and purpose and genre awareness helps us meet the expectation of our audience.”  Timeframe: 1:47

Response: I agree with this quote. Writers always have to know who is their audience so they can write to them. If a writer is writing a historic book with 300 pages and the writer’s audience is kids ages 8-10 then most likely the writer won’t be as successful as the writer who is writing a fiction book about treehouses to 8-10-year-olds.