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The Writing Process » “Poems”
More on the conference in another post. Here I want to share some poems I wrote while traveling.
“My Lover”
My lover is two worlds
My lover is the end of a poem
the last word
My lover is lost
hidden
I have yet to know my lover
An old Texan
Buddhist poet
A fat professor with greazy gray-black flaps of ...
[Link]The Writing Process » And another…
Here is another piece I wrote, simply as a journal entry for class. Its the furthest away from my own life I’ve been able to stray since I’ve started trying to write fiction. I got a “check +”(yay!). It’s also one of my new favorite pieces.
Stephanie
Turning away from the breakfast bar, Don barely has time to lift his eyes ...
[Link]The Writing Process » Evolution
Below is what I did with my last entry. I had to write a non-fiction essay in the second person (or third) to experiment with point of view. It turned into one of my favorite pieces. In spite of it, I’ve been feeling discouraged lately. Being in so many creative writing classes gives me an opportunity to hear and read others’ ...
[Link]The Writing Process » Still trying to make sense
For the first time since I left, my heart has started aching for Paris. There could be other reasons aside from the city itself, but I won’t get into that. Too personal. In my first post about Paris I wrote as if I was ready to spill everything onto the page; the bal des pompiers, the Mosque, the Sacre Coeur, the ...
[Link]The Writing Process » A Second Homecoming
The ferns stretch their sweaty palms out like oily sunbathers after an unexpected afternoon nap under the open sky. Suddenly, the clock strikes midnight. The heat subsides. The wind ruffles their hair. Turn off the fans. These August nights are like weird days. The moon is full. I feel safer, even though, walking home, no one is around. A group of ...
[Link]The Writing Process » Homecoming
The part of my hairline that curves under from behind my ears begins to saturate with sweat. The heat feels refreshing. My skin soaks in it. The cicadas hum. This is the south. I look down at my little dog, jogging ahead of me, content. I switch my iPod on to country and plug just the left earphone in, because the ...
[Link]The Writing Process » “C’etait le plus beau jour de ma vie”
First, by request, some photos of Paris…
Inspiring, n’est-ce pas?
More thoughts, and probably pictures (what a great idea-thank you Jim Groom), still to come.
Stephanie
p.s. I just realized what a fantastic example this post has been of the reader’s influence on the writer. Neither the influence nor the effect now seem as negative as I originally ...
[Link]The Writing Process » I Love Paris in the Summer
I don’t even know where to begin. A free write seems to be my only option. Currently in Paris, the last time I wrote for this blog my face was breaking out anew from pre-exam stress and I was pathetically grasping for some type of conluding blogpost that would make me feel complete- totally united with my blog, as the symbol ...
[Link]The Writing Process » Floating Down Denial
In reading through my classmates’ posts I’ve noticed that many people are taking this assignment as an opportunity to say goodbye. After reading only two blogs with farewell posts I started to slump into a minor depression, especially when I started to think about Dr. Allen’s departure and the graduating seniors. I hate goodbyes and I usually deny them a place ...
[Link]The Writing Process » To Be Continued
Readers,
STAY TUNED, even though our class has ended. Look out for more posts discussing “Race” especially as summer nears and I have more time to make this blog a hobby. Congrats to all who are graduating, and Good Luck with all future endeavors. Remember, all, that I continue to look forward to your feedback and appreciate your patience and constructive ...
[Link]The Writing Process » The Blog as a Writer’s Space
Do you like having this public space?
I enjoy using the blog when I have a chance. I do feel, though, as if it were more an assignment than a personal project. I think, however, after the class is done I will continue to use it more as a personal, writerly space even though I would need some time to ...
[Link]The Writing Process » Final Paper
Love Lifts the Pen, Discipline Sustains It
We first encounter the “writer” at a young age. This first encounter is vague. We are still questioning, still defining everything around us. Usually the encounter occurs when we’ve taken up a fascination with the concept of occupation. Firemen, librarians, babysitters, Mom, Dad, all have a different role and function. The writer may ...
[Link]English 307 » I Never Realized
Wow! I had never realized before what an amazing compilation of voices and words was here all along on this Internet archive. Perhaps I should have read and done this response to everyone’s blogs before I wrote my response to blogging in general. I may likely have come up with a different story to tell. However I may feel about keeping ...
[Link]The Writing Process » Oh, the blog, what to say about the blog….sigh….
Uh, honestly, I hate the blog. HATE IT. Not because I hate writing anything in it, but I hate having to deal with the actual program. I can’t tell you how long it took me to work out the whole not-having-one-giant-paragraph thing, even when I would copy/paste from Word. My illiteracy in computers made it particular annoying for me. Uggghhh, ...
[Link]The Writing Process » All Of Your Blogs Were Flippin’ Amazing
I was soooo not looking forward to reading the class blogs. Not at all. Which is not surprising see as how it’s 10:14 and I’m finally reading them and writing my response. But I have got to say, again not surprisingly, that I loved them. My favorite part was seeing how each person had personalized their blog, through either template, titles ...
[Link]into the air » Blog It Out
I’m just gonna put it out there – I loved having a blog. Wait, that might not convey exactly what I feel. I loved getting to write on my blog. It felt so personal and really cool to just have a collection of my own writings there before me. After we got our first couple of posts out, and Dr. A ...
[Link]Jennifer's 307 Blog » This Space Is Mine
Looking over my blog, I realize how far I have come in my ideas of writing. I used to think that writers should just write, and should just write well. I didn’t have any knowledge of voice or spirituality in writing. I just knew that I wrote differently for an academic paper than I did for my prayer journal. I knew ...
[Link]Dave's ENG 307 » Page not found » Other Blogs
The best thing about these blogs is that you can see our classmates works in the context of their other works. In class, we only see their work in the context of the rest of the class’s work, or the works of scholars. But on these blogs, our classmates are on display. If we like one blog more than another, we ...
[Link]into the air » The Others
I don’t really know where to start. I guess, for starters, I can say that I really enjoyed reading everyone’s blogs. It’s difficult for me to only pick a few because everyone stood out in their own way. I can literally hear the voices of everyone in our class coming from their blogs… mostly because I remember what everyone’s voices ...
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