Blog 4

My favorite quote that I came across in this weeks readings was in Smith's book on page 34 when he states "We cannot observe ourselves thinking, but we can observe the products of thought. And one of the most powerful tools for doing so is writing." I love this because we can't know what anyone is thinking even if we are sitting right beside them. People who write make an attempt to put themselves into a medium by which others can comprehend the whirlwind of sensations going on in their mind.
I also had to stop and think about distractions that were talked about in the other two books. In 9R, there is a quote on page 10 about real writers plunging right into their assignment and not staring at the ceiling. This is foolish because only about 10 percent of my writing process is putting words on a page. On monday when we had to write about the cow and the elephant it took me a few doodles, and day dreams to get started and I ended up pumping out three hand written pages which is a lot for me to push out by hand on a quick write. If I would have dove right in i know that i would have hit a wall within a page or two. Once i came up with a situation, the ideas just flowed. I think that the rate at which someone writes and the quantity of their writing do not reflect whether or not the writing is good.
Also writing with the tv or music on is great. It gets my mind going and also helps keep me in my chair for a longer period of time. I can't put on a movie or tv show i've never seen before and attempt to write because all my attention will go to that. but if i have a mood that i want to capture and i know a show or movie that expresses that mood or a similar mood extremely well i'll put it on to help me get in the zone. Sometimes i absolutely can't have a distraction and have to write in silence. There is all kinds of factors that go into my writing process and the process is never the same for anything that i write because i don't want any of my works to be copies of each other.
Also there is no one to blame for the deterioration of language other than those who do not communicate at all. It's not the media. they are simply a different style of communication.