Marcus Chapman
Trials and Tribulations in becoming a good writer
When becoming a good writer in the digital age, a typical writer must look away from the screen of a computer monitor, cell phone, or television to truly understand how to further develop in writing. The idea of limiting electronic use in class creates an environment that is peaceful and less distracting for a writer. Giving them access to their deep thought when writing in our journal.
The importance of composing snail mail is essential to a day in age writer because we never really get to sit down into emotional thought on pen and paper and express our emotions through writing. This writing is especially key in our day of age because we are used to sending texts and calling one another. But composing a letter to a family member once a month, gives the personalized feel to the recipient. Giving the student the opportunity to reach out through old school style of writing and communication. Writing long-hand forcing the writer to write out text instead of using slang language which could decrease vocabulary and spelling.
A big part of writing is the criticism of work and being able to understand feedback, making you better as a writer and listener. The workshop essay gave students the opportunity to listen to readers interpret their work live to understand how people of different races, ages and background perceive their essay. As a writer it is always important o be able to monetize their essay, and leave as much bias and or political views from writing and leaving the viewer to interpret the reading. In conclusion English 131 and it’s parts has improved my writing and learning through many different trials of writing. By keeping a personalized journal I am able to keep thought and idea in one place to further improve my writing style.
Works Cited
Beatty, Robert. Serafina and the Black Cloak. Disney/Hyperion, 2015.
Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. 2016. Penguin, 2017
(Workshop essay)
Annotated bibliography
Beatty, Robert. Serafina and the Black Cloak. Disney/Hyperion, 2015.
In Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert beatty, we get the story of a young girl named Serafina, is trying to figure out the mystery of the missing children in the Baltimore estate. Robert beatty uses the genre of gothic mystery, fantasy, and fairy tale to lead us on an adventure in the pursuit of the Man in the Black Cloak
Bettelheim, Bruno. Introduction: “The Struggle for Meaning.” The Uses of Enchantment:
The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. Random, 1976. Pp. 3-19
Bruno goes into great detail in, “The Struggle for Meaning” to describe how intriguing kids find fiction and fairy tales. Explaining how difficult it is to understand the meaning of these fairy tales because of the imagery and information these said stories.
Collins, Billy. “Snow Day by Billy Collins.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46707/snow-day.
In Billy Collins, Snow day. Billy goes into great detail about a snow day. The imagery of the snow we can see how roads are blocked, schools are closed, and children are going outside to enjoy the soft white snow. We see the narrator of the poem is stuck in the house and is listening to the sounds outside, and towards the end we see something is about to go down between three little girls.
Richtel, Matt. “Blogs vs. Term Papers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Jan. 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/muscling-in-on-the-term-paper-tradition.html.
In the article “Blogs vs. Term Papers.”, Matt Richtel explains how the modern culture is changing with the digital age. Giving us insight on how most teens nowadays are staying inside on their phone. He also explains how blogs vs term papers can be beneficial with writing for teenagers growing up because of the style of writing.
Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. 2016. Penguin, 2017
In Zadie smith’s, “Swing Time”, the reader is led on a journey of two friends through a story of identity. One is talented in dance trying to pursue a dance career like her father. While the other goes back to her roots to truly understand the ipsety of where she came from.
Twenge, Jean M. “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 19 Mar. 2018, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/.
Jean Twenge in the article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, twenge describes how the day in age teenager is changing. The typical teenager milestone or adventure is going down such as acquiring their license or going out and having fun has gone down. And he further explains how this dramatical change is because of smartphones. Limiting the face to face contact, making everything easily accessible online
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