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In Stegner’s observations of creative writing he gets pretty detailed in just how tricky it can be. Prospective writers have to have a basic understanding of writing skills while also making their work stand out using descriptive language. It all seems overwhelming but as writers we must ride that line if we want people to be pulled into our writing. One line that stood out to me was when the author writes “Bookish and literature language, the kind that half embarasses its author when it is read aloud, is obviously a mistake”. I have been there before, I would write out a pretentious paper that I thought would sound nice and pretty but would never let it come out in the light of day for the fear it would get me laughed at. Another concept that the author mentions that I really liked was “putter-inners” and “taker-outers”. I understood it as using descriptive language to paint a picture in an audiences head but not over the top to where you’re stressing every excruciating detail. You also can’t do without the basics, like is mentioned in the chapter “to try to do without them is to write with one hand tied.” Good creative writing, as I have come to understand, is about balance. - Jesús Iván González
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At the beginning of Stegner’s reading, creative writing is described as “imaginative writing”. This conveys the message that whatever the reader is reading, whether he is reading poems, novels, nonfiction, or any other genre, those were written as a form of creative communication. One thing I understand from these reading is that all forms of creative writing are also forms of expression that can be analyzed by many ways as every reader understands it, with their own perception and reflection. I believe in this definition of creative writing because I think that creative writing does not have any limits, and writers can express any of their insights. Furthermore, there is an example that is illustrated of an ambitious student who wants to become a writer, as how each student has something to communicate to the world which they cannot keep to themselves. However, what I believe is a very important factor for creative writing, is that the writer needs to really feel the things he is trying to communicate, as the readings states it: the senses are very important for creative writing so the readers interpret the words along with their meaning. I enjoyed this excerpt because it is an amazing way of how the reading portrays creative writing and the qualities a writer should have. I think this helps by encouraging all of the students who are striving to be successful on the field of literature (most specifically writing), including myself, and it also helps to enrich our understanding of what we need to focus when writing.
ReplyDelete-Paulina Longoria
What I particularly appreciated in Stenger’s observation of creative writing is in the lines where he mentions that teachers in school can as he mentioned “correct writers into importance.” When teachers as he mentions overpraise or have a bias view of what creativity consists of, they are hindering the growth of the writers’ creativity or as I like to believe individualism. I sometimes feel constrained in my writing because of grammar and structure of essays and when he cites the prose from huckleberry Finn with its “barbarism of language but magnificent prose” It makes me feel like I can also achieve greatness even without elevated vocabulary or perfect essay structure. When I read, what he expressed that “no young writer needs to worry about [what style they are going to write in]” I was nodding my head front to back. I wholeheartedly agree that a writer starting his journey should not worry over what style they should develop, because through their experiences and practice they will slowly become full circle into the writer they will become. It is important for me as a writer to develop my style, but I can’t worry about that now because first I need to learn how to grow and transcend my words to the public, because I want to write not only to express but to stir emotions on other people just like the countless times I have been moved to tears over wonderful works of literature.
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In Stegner's "on creative writing" he goes into detail about how writing is an art. And art is imperfect and unbiased. Cause art isn't making something you think everyone will like and understand but on the contrary it's making something you think no one will like or understand but nonetheless creating it anyways. Steiner refers to Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" as a "barbarism of language" and how it doesn't matter because theres aesthetic beauty in the authentic rawness of how it's written. And that rawness adds to how the book makes you feel. Stegner also refers to some authors as such as Hemingway as a "taker-outer." Which I believe refers to Hemingway's style of writing. Because in alot, if not all, of Hemingway's work what he doesn't write is just as important as what he does. For example in one of his anti-war articles "In our time" he writes "no end and no beginning" which if you know Hemingway you'd know he pulls a lot from the bible and myths. This ties into the line above because in the genesis god says "I am the end and the beginning." So in that one line Hemingway wrote ("no end and no beginning") he is subtleing saying war is anti-god and anti-christian.
ReplyDelete- Eduardo Daniel Guerra
It’s interesting how famous writers express their feelings towards writing. That is the main key to capture the readers eye on what writing really brings out of people. In page 12, John Cheever demonstrates some “search on meaning” in his writing. He did not focus on the issue to be talked about, but rather associated his thoughts into writing. The deeper meanings behind poems and quotes make it more interesting, and even a better writer. Or the use of metaphors to express what they are trying to emphasize. That is what makes writing more unique. The words that triggered me the most on this reading is, “A good writer is…” or “A writer must be…” I understand there are certain rules in writing to be extraordinary, and recognized like Cheever, or Shakespeare, but I don’t understand why it’s called creative writing, if there’s an ideal way of how we should write. This reading made me think of high school writing and college writing. The expectations are different, and, us, as students; we model the teachers effective writing skills, but the main point discussed in this reading is how famous poets have their own creative minds, their own style, and that is what I'm looking forward for in this class.
ReplyDelete-Carina Pompa
I enjoyed the way the reading introduced “Creative Writing” as one of the least popular for people and how it was brought up to society because it catches the eye of readers to relate towards the situation. I would consider the beginning of the sentence as an example of creative writing because it was able to call my attention in the way it was introduced. I also liked reading how creative writing is brought up to produce a meaning from experiences recreated with detail. I feel that it is one way to think as a creative writer, not because of the theme of the writing but because of the image on how it is created for readers, they involve feelings and actions of situations that the writer has experienced. I also agree with the reading on saying that creative writing involves a search of meaning because writing must involve a personal involvement in some way. Experiences is what creates ideas to add quality in writing. I believe the reading gave a good explanation to what creative writing is about and how it is developed, and this reading helped me acknowledge more different ways and ideas creative writing can be interpreted.
ReplyDelete-Karla Romero
Stegner starts off the chapter by comparing creative writing as an art and imagination. It was very interesting to see it in that point of view, artist have to think hard and long about what they want to design, they have to go through many rough drafts before they find the "perfect one." Every artist is different in how or what they design which is the same concept for writers, no writer is the same. That ties into how writers write to get something out of their readers, just how artist draw or paint in order to let viewers feel something, "to try to make sense out of life." He then goes on to compare good writers to a cocked gun. I found it very interesting when he mentioned that writers musts be a little dangerous in order to get the job done, and in order to do that writers must know what they want to say which is something that I personally struggle with a lot. I always have so many ideas but never know or understand how to put them on paper. It's very inspiring reading about how every writer has their own way of thinking and how writing can create so much emotion and feelings in others, "A writer must knock readers down." That sentence is on the last page and just left me shocked and excited at the same time, knowing you have the power to create and ignite strong emotions into others is very inspiring to me and is something I hope to accomplish throughout this course.
ReplyDelete- Rebecca Muniz
Stegner talks about many authors which he labels accordingly based on their style of writing. He mentions Thomas Wolfe by specifically addressing his style of being a "putter-inner". He shares this passage of Wolfe elaborately explaining his surrounding and every single detail he could possibly share, he shared. I think that is beautiful and helpful, in regards to, imagery and creating a picture. Yet, there seems so be a limit, a balance, to how much is shared. As Stegner made very clear, the thing you write are supposed to spark imagination and make the reader feel something, anything! Yes, creative writing should be written in a sense of freedom and endless possibility but, why not let the reader conjure up the image for themselves? From my own experiences when reading books, I always enjoyed when the character in the story was not painted in a picture by the words of the author. I wanted the character to look like whatever felt suiting in comparison to the personality they conveyed. If an author writes, "Her flaming red hair waved in the breeze and her soft, smooth, snowy skin made it look as though a fireball was on her head. Her bright blue eyes pierced through anything they beheld." That is fairly descriptive but what if the reader has never seen anyone of the sort. How could the story be imagined clearly and passionately if the reader can barely relate to what it must be like to be her, the snowy skinned girl with flaming hair. What if the reader wants to imagine a girl with skin as dark as night and hair even darker? I appreciate a putter-inner, but to let your reader create their own story within your story is a game changer.
ReplyDelete-Cassandra Ann Ramos
Wallace Stegner sees creative writing as an art and I completely agree. He mentions how freely it flows from the writer’s mind into sensual words. He finds writing as it is “imposed” in schools to be draining almost. A writer comes back with a page full of red marks and his/her enthusiasm is dwindled because we don’t allow the creativeness to flourish. Like jazz music and its impromptu, he states that creative writing “exist as a kind of private language in the subculture of the American adolescent; they well up out of jazz and the jazz world”. This type of unrestrained communication is what is so creative about it. Some examples he uses are from the book Huckleberry Finn, calling the written passages “some barbarisms” but just as much praising it for its genius. Showing us that these barbarisms are “the kind of inventive and playful language that we cannot afford to suppress.” He goes on to explain different degrees of exposure when it comes to symbols. How some are blatant and written to show while others are more ambiguous, commenting that every word is a symbol. I’m not completely sure what he means by that, but I can see where he’s coming from when we start looking deeper into the context some words are used in and reading them as images. Stegner paints creative writing as a rebellious form not concerned with communicating but with being able to express.
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It took me a while to fully wrap my head around Stenger’s overall meaning of his work “Creative Writing”. I had to read it twice to try to really see what he meant in all those examples. He could have easily stated that creative writing is the use of imagery and hypnotizing the reader's senses to help him see the image the writer has created. But instead he used examples from other writers to make it easier for people to understand. That to write in a creative way can not be learned in just one class room or taught by just one teacher it has to be experienced through actions. You have taken in your life, but most importantly to learn to become a creative writer you have to be able to read a book and be able to create the world the author made and be able to think like the character. I really liked that Stenger states that it comes down to hard work and natural talent because it reminds me of a certain part of one of Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken, “ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference”. Stenger’s repeats himself in one topic a lot and that is the training of the many writers during their apprenticeship he describes as the time when the writers are learning to write. Just like a composer when he is an apprentice you do not count his works during that time as pieces of music but rough drafts of their music style they are creating. Just like a writer is trying to find his one style. By either training by removing the use of metaphors and symbols or using them in abundance to learn the importance of them in creative writing. This being our first assignment is an excellent pick because it has showed me that I can not continue my love for writing if I still hate to read it is instead hindering my overall growth due to my ignorance in my natural talent. I will only end up hitting my limit and stunting my growth and making it harder to write in a character's point of view instead of my own.
ReplyDelete-Daniel Acosta
I find it interesting how Stenger is able to put a pin in a very loose definition of what he considers creative writing to be. Upon being told to define it in class, I struggled. The "creative" part is what I find so difficult to find definition for in terms of writing. Even the "writing" part of the phrase is so broad. Stegner, however, states the idea clearly: creative writing requires the use of imagination. It requires using every sentence, word, form with purpose. It's intention used to convey messages, yes, or rather what Stegner emphasizes, the transmitting of an image, a symbol, a comparison, anything that has the reader clinging to every meaning and seeing things in the perspective the writer desires. Another opinion of Stegner's that was implemented is the idea that being a creative writer is natural, but has elements that also can be taught. I really cling to the idea that a rough draft can always be tinkered with as a writer grows and implements their changes. Stegner's view on creative writing was a very refreshing start to this class, as there are so many negative opinions on creative writing, such as the idea that not everyone is capable of achieving the ability to become a successful writer.
ReplyDelete- Hannah Daniel
Wallace Stegner describes “Creative Writing” as “imaginative writing, writing as an art.” I would personally agree with his description because technically writing is a form of art. People can interpret it as they wish when they are reading it. Not everyone has to get the same message while they are reading it. It can sometimes be difficult to understand creative writing if it is not explained, but that is where the fun in creative writing is. There is no set of strict rules writers must follow when they are writing creatively. Like Stegner writes, “there is no rule for the student except that he should read, and read, and read, and fill his mind, and express it as he can.” It is about opening your imagination and putting your thoughts into words and reading other people’s work allows you to expand your mind. Creative writing should be explored and be tried in all types of different forms whether it be poetry, play, or even just a simple short story. There are all types of way writing can be expressed, just like there are all types of different art. A writer is free to express their inner most thoughts any way they desire. Anyone can write creatively, no matter who they are. However, I will say that to impress people with imaginative writing, some type of effort and hard work has to be applied to their writing.
ReplyDelete-Angela Milan
The essence of Wallace Stegner's instructions on how to succeed at writing going forward is to try and leave the stifling practice of being grammatically correct which burdens the writer to the point that imaginative and creative subject matter takes a back seat. this leaves the reader untouched and unmoved by the piece that was read. He instructs us rather to explore the realm of the creative word using our senses and surroundings to initiate a feeling or a thought that the writer would wish to convey. introducing the reader into a more sensual place of cold and warmth. feelings of anger and love. delight and sadness. To not do this is to rob the reader of of an interesting read. it would be a great disservice to both the author and reader. A successful piece of any kind of written material will need perseverance and hard work to attain the desired goal. The goal being to involve and engage the reader. To help him or her feel the sensations of their environment. This is not accomplished by merely writing as if in an article about the weather or announcing who is to be married in the social pages. Assuming that the reader would desire blatant, mono toned story telling would be ludicrous. I say blatant due to the fact that Stegner points out that a legalistic, or correct way of writing had to be learned and purveyed. so it must be unlearned in order to discover all of the levels of the firkin. Metaphor and symbolism are widely used in imaginative or creative writing.Twain and Hemingway not only captured the sounds and and sites of their surroundings, but also conveyed them in their own unique styles. Using the words of the every day, uneducated person such as a truck driver or the sops living in the streets. A creative writer''s intent should not be to show the reader his brilliance at linguistics,but rather give the reader a sensual experience that is being conveyed by the writer. How the warmth of the sun might feel on your skin. the slight breeze you feel from the fluttering of a hummingbird's wings as it sips nectar from a flower near your opened window. There are three items from Stegner's instructions that I found profoundly important. It's that a writer is an individual with different talents and skills learned over time through life experiences. I also learned that to be a successful writer a tremendous amount of work needs to be done at perfecting the skill while constantly reading thus expanding your own vocabulary. We must not merely rely on the great writers of the past and try to mimic their techniques. one more thing. A writer should never begin an endeavor for the mere purpose of personal wealth. it is difficult enough earning a livable wage.
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i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
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i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
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