In Joan Didion’s essay, she describes her process of writing and teaches the readers how to write. She describes “I am not a scholar. I am not in the least an intellectual, which is not to say that when I hear the word intellectual”. Emphasizing that being a writer doesn’t have to be smart or intelligent. She once said “Grammar is a piano I play by ear” writing illustrating that a sentence is similar to playing a piece of music with rhythm, but by playing piano you hear it by ears, not looking at it by eyes. There are many reason why I write. I write because I have to. Sometime, I write to communicate with other people. I write to show people my stories with examples descriptive imagerie that are not as similar as telling verbally. I write because I’m afraid to speak in public, and I’m afraid if I speak out loud the with incorrect pronunciations then people would get confuses or mixed up with something else. I used to write many text message to my friends, and to post a comment to wish them a happy holiday. I write when teachers make me take notes so I would not forget. Writing is my least favorite thing to do because when I write something down, my writing isn’t great compares to others. I like to write but it is not one of my passions and my writing is terrible anyways. I used to read stories written by other people and I noticed that they have a way to show their stories smoothly that linked to many connection, unlike mines. Since I often change the topic of my writing, therefore, it makes others get really confused when they read my work. This poses many questions that I often asked myself whenever I keep repeating this habit such as; why do I write this way? How come my stories don’t have a catch? How can I improve my writing? I know deep inside my heart that I don’t want to be a writer but if that changes in the future, then I might purse it.
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