Donald Murray: All Writing Is Autobiography

If you choose, you may respond to the following guiding questions:

  • What is the author’s point of view? What is he saying in this piece?
  • What makes writing autobiographical? Is all writing autobiographical? Explain.
  • Did the author successfully sway you to change your mind or think in a particular way? How? What did you find particularly effective? Or, if he did not sway your mind, why not? What could the author have added to help persuade you more?
  • What points can you think of to challenge the author’s point of view?
  • Do you find that you incorporate autobiographical aspects into your writing? Explain.

1 Comment

  1. Josiah Prentice

    What is the author’s point of view? What is he saying in this piece?

    The author’s point of view for this piece is a first person point of view. Since the piece is an autobiography which is about yourself. The thing the author is saying in the piece “All Writing Is Autobiography” is that all writing are really an autobiography. Since a autobiography is where you are the author telling about your own story. In some way/form a writers writing can tell a story. In some writing writers tend to put piece of their lives in the story/writing. This is why the author say that all writing is autobiography

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