Saturday, February 21, 2015
blog #6 workshopping
Working in groups definitely helped in giving me some ideas towards my essay. One great comment I got was to use what I see and turn it into a memory so that it flows and transitions better. For example if I see a cloud that looks like a book I can then go ahead and talk about all the homework I'm stressing about. Another great comment I received was to keep the facts about Overpeck park. I had mixed feelings about keeping the facts in the essay because I though it did not flow. My group said that it was interesting to see how Overpeck park made me feel first then get an actual idea of what it looks like and its location. I also got to read my groups essays and provide some feedback on that. I thought that the beginning of Katherine's essay was very effective in keeping the reader engaged and wanting to read more. I also thought that Taylor's way of splitting up the four types of love and then using the name of each one as the "character's" name was very clever. Seeing the way that everyones writing was different also made me comfortable in my own writing because there is no "correct way" to do the assignment. I kept wondering if I was writing the correct way but seeing that everyone had a different style made me more confident in my own writing. I had an overall good experience workshopping.
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I agree with you, there is no "current way" to the assignment. And I enjoyed seeing the different ideas and ways of approaching the essay that everyone had. I feel a lot more confident in my work now that we had the workshop.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you, Stela and Celestina. Seeing the variety of forms, structures, and styles among my group mates helped bolster my confidence. Being new to the writing of CNF, I too felt pressure to find the "correct way" to write this first essay. It was relieving to know that styles of CNF writing are just as numerous and fluid as styles of fiction writing. I don't know why I thought it would be different. Something about that "non-fiction" label just freaked me out, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI was also nervous about my writing as well, but it was refreshing to see everyone else's paper at the workshop to know I was on the right track. The facts on Overpeck were great, definitely made me feel like I was there between your emotions on the place and the overall description of it. The workshop seemed to help everyone!
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