Blog Entry #2

This Week's Assignment consisted of Reading three chapters in WW (Ch. 3, & 5), Reading of "The Learn'd Astronomer", "Mending Wall", BAP poems on Pages 11, 13, 15, 17 & 19, and Goldberg 39 - 74. After further reading in the selection "Writing down to the bones" this conveys more details about writing it relays in relaxed fashion of how to start writing by just taking it slow and allow yourself to crawl then walk. The next session centered on obsessions and how to take those obsession and turn into a writer's project because you are already familiar with the project.

Next, it emphasized on using details and the power of details and how important they are when right...accuracy is always needed. The section on baking a cake indicated how important it is to gather all the ingredients and help them mesh together for a final project. Living twice indicated that writers have lived before and now they can compile their efforts into a finished project that they can be proud of. This section explores the writer's good figure and I believe that it means that a writer's ability and readiness to explore their writing talents will be reflected by their body posture and quickness to get those "thoughts" down on paper. Next, came the section on listening that is one of the most important details for a writer ... if you don't listen...then a lot of details are lost (Listening requires a person to be receptive at all times)

The next section came "Don't marry the Fly" this entails or makes the writer responsible for keeping his focus on what he/she is working and not to let attention wander. Next came the "Don't use writing to get love" this entailed just stay yourself always and be true to your profession and not get the "big head". The section on "what are you deep dreams" explores what is it that a writer wishes to accomplish and further explores this avenue. "Syntax" explores a different approach toward writing to get rid of our fortunate "writer's block".

The last section that I read was "Nervously sipping wine" this section dared the budding writer to reach out into absurdity and let rip with some new ideas.