In AP Lit this week we watched a video about writing, and the different ways that people become better writers. I genuinely forgot about the video until I began writing this blog. I began this blog in class on Friday, and I had no idea what to write it about at all. And so I wrote about half a sentence and then gave up and went on with my day. But now as I have begun writing this blog again, I am laying in bed on my side, in my pajamas, and I remembered that video. We talked about the line "Always wear socks while writing!". The idea itself made us all laugh, but when we talked about how they really meant that we write better when we're comfortable, I now understand completely. I feel like comfort is such an important part of writing. A lot of people have difficulty writing when it's noisy, or when they're alone, or even when their chair is too hard. I think the idea of writing best when you're comfortable is not an idea that many of us should take into consideration.
We also did an exercise in writing an AP Literature standard essay about a poem we've been analyzing, The Eagle. I found it interesting that though I knew exactly what I wanted to write, I couldnt. I now think this is because the classroom has not yet developed into a comfortable writing environment. This, of course, will change as the weeks progress and I become more accustomed to writing in that setting. But this ties back in to my idea about writing better in a setting that you the writer find comfortable. I am wondering if I was told to re write that essay now, what would happen. Now, I am on a great deal of Nyquil and I'm battling bronchitis... So I'd say maybe not now now. But if in this setting I was given the same task, how would I perform. It's an interesting thought, and I think that though the idea we watched was a bit goofy, and that was just a small part of it, it really stuck with me as something to take into serious consideration.
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