Welcome to my 3rd blog post! For this post I read A Fable for the Living by Kevin Brockmeier. For this post we were asked “How does the theme of this reading connect to your letter?” In this story it shows how the wife never gives up when things got hard. I want to have a relationship like that with my author self. I hope that I will never give up on my author self and I hope I stay close with you.
Dear John, My author self is like a secret that wants to be revealed with the uncertainty of the receiver's reaction. To start this off right, I want to apologize to you for not truly getting to know you and what you are capable of doing. Over the years I did a lot of assignments that had me write and during these assignments, I feel I did not let my true author self come out and write. This past year I’ve been practicing using my author self to write. I discovered that I had an author self at the end of 2019. If I knew that there is a part of me that puts me in the writing mode, I would have put more effort into my work in previous years. My plan to change my relationship with you is to sit down before I write and put more thought into my work.I realized that I had made a mistake by not allowing you to be in my thoughts when I write. John, after the next several weeks, I want to get to know you and learn more about who you really are. I would like to work with you and I hope that together we can write an assignment that is portfolio ready. This will take time, but eventually we will be one. If I had known you existed when I first started writing, I feel like I would have been able to write smoother and I would have been more into my work. Now that I know you exist, I think it is easier for me to sit down and start typing without any distractions. You help me stay focused and I know we can write a perfect paper if we work together. Throughout the next semester, I am going to interact with my author self through focus, time, and determination. When I sit down and look at my screen, my mind goes everywhere and I find it hard to focus on my assignment. This is where time comes in; I need to take my time when I write and I need to give more time to get into my writer self mode. I’m determined to do better in my writing and will focus on my assignment. If I can use these in my daily life, I feel like my author self and I will be closer. Sincerely, Paul
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Sabatino
2/3/2020 07:37:34 am
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Sabatino
2/3/2020 12:04:57 pm
This line stood out to me: "If I had known you existed when I first started writing, I feel like I would have been able to write smoother and I would have been more into my work."
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Karli Davis
2/6/2020 10:54:24 am
Paul, it's really nice to see the way you apologize to your author-self for neglecting them, and then want to build a better relationship with them. I can totally relate to this.
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