In the article, How Can You Create Fiction When Reality Comes to Call (Carolyn Chute), Carolyn Chute takes us on an adventure on her daily life and all the distractions she runs into. As the typewriter screams at her “I WANT YOU” her distractions are in the way of her getting there. She shows us that being an author is much harder than it seems. Her daily life activities get in her way of trying to find her time to write, and use her writing process. In the article, 6 Ways to Be a Hemingway-Level Productive Badass, Drake Baer shows us after all the distractions how all authors have their own writing system. Everyone is unique and has their own system of writing. There are many distractions that us as college students face throughout the day. One distraction is other classes and other homework. There is always something to do when you take 6 college classes. Wether its gaining knowledge or sharping the saw for your other class. Time is very limited and you must use all of it. You must manage time as well as you can. Everyone can become a better writer. Its simply if you are willing to work and do the work to get there. There are many things we can do to avoid these distractions and use time to its full essential. One step I can do is not go on my phone as much when I am starting a paper. There is always a buzz that takes my eyes off the work. I also love to go to Starbucks and get a warm cup of coffee and do my work there. I put my headphones in my ear, but I do not play any music because I would be too distracted if I did. Leaving my headphones in there without any music tricks my brain into thinking "I'm in the zone". It helps me know that I cant hear anything but the sound of my fingers beating on the keyboard. Other steps I can do is to write 300 everyday when the assignment is handed out. At the end I will have enough to work with, and my time would be very well used. Hopefully I stay on top of these steps. Lets see if this process can help me get a good grade in this class.
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In the reading, Why I Write, Joan Didion talks about why she writes and how it helps her. She says, “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” Writing helps her open up on whatever is on her mind, or whatever she puts her eyes on. She uses writing to help her find out what she’s thinking and everything that is going on in her head. She uses writing as a way to speak out loud. She sees all these pictures in her head, but she can only talk about them quietly. Writing is her escape as of speaking out loud and being known about the thoughts, and pictures in her head. Everyone has different reasons on why they choose to write. I only write when I am told too. Even though I have a lot of thoughts that go through my head, and sometimes I wish I could talk to someone but there is no one there I just never think to write it down. After doing some free writing exercises I always feel very good about myself after because in those moments I can let out anything that has occurred that I keep hidden. Sometimes when I write I even surprise myself with the thoughts that I jot down on the paper. They are just very deep with a lot of meaning and it catches me off guard. I always seem to write about my future and how I picture it being. I guess it’s because I am scared I won’t be good enough. I used to listen to instrumental beats and write music over them on my life. It helped realize what I was going through and where exactly I was in life. I write every day to my brother who is at Saint Joseph’s University playing soccer on how things are going, how the team looks, and how does he fit in. I’m always worried about the future and where will I be. We the people spend too much energy on what we cannot control. Writing down about my emotions and where I am in life helps me realize where I am in life.
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