The assignment for my English Composition 1 class was to read and choose three quotes from the following articles: Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray), The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova), and Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Ann Lamott). I was then to add three quotes of my own to this blog. Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray)
“Don’t look back. Yes, the draft needs fixing. But first it needs writing.” Don Murray “Be patient, listen quietly, the writing will come. The voice of the writing will tell you what to do.” Don Murray “Writing is primarily not a matter of talent, of dedication, of vision, of vocabulary, of style, but simply a matter of sitting. The writer is a person who writes.” Don Murray The Daily Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) “A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.” E.B. White “I’m always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day.” Simone de Beauvoir “Nothing can hurt you, nothing can happen, nothing means anything until the next day when you do it again. It is the wait until the next day that is hard to get through.” Ernest Hemingway Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) “You don’t have to see where you are going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you.” (Anne Lamott) “the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.” (Anne Lamott) “I don’t think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won’t be good enough at it, and I don’t think you have time to waste on someone who does not respond to you with kindness and respect.” (Anne Lamott) My own writing process Don’t Panic. Breath and know you can do this. Just write the first sentence. Get up and get a treat. There are much larger obstacles in life than this.
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Sabatino
1/25/2018 06:03:51 pm
I was just talking to a student about this quote:
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Majd
1/30/2018 02:32:34 pm
#2 Quote by Don Murray, Is spot on, I feel like most of the times I'm writing something, staring on the screen for a while actually helps. :D
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