"Broken smiles and empty eyes; shattered hearts and hollow lives. Put on your masks. Prepare your lies; theyโll never see through your disguise." (Unknown)
The semicolons are used as pauses even if the sentence isn't complete like the first sentence.
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An insight from Wolfe Chapter 2: Project Management is that it is important to make sure everyone is aware of their responsibilities and deadlines to hold each other accountable. #engl398r
I have two recommendations after reading Wolfe Chapter 2. 1) A shared Google Drive that has the Task Schedule, Meeting Minutes, and Meeting Agendas. 2) A shared straw document for the final paper and individual documents for individual work and research. #engl398r
The experimental essay is really fun because we get to enjoy writing any topic in any format and get to read so many varied essays during class. #engl398R
In Clark's "Establish a pattern, then give it a twist," he explains that parallel ideas are easier to grasp but breaking the pattern puts more emphasis on the final element. #engl398R
From Structure: Lifeblood of the Lyric Essay by Lesh Karan I learned that lyric essays do not require a clear meaning, it is up to the readers to determine what meaning they see in the essays. #engl398r
I learned from my classmates that you have to highlight the positive parts of an experience more to make the negative results more impactful. #engl398r
In Clark 37, they state "In short writing, the reader sees the ending from the get-go." I've always struggled with writing shorter stories so thinking of the text with the perspective of the end rather than the beginning was a revelation. #engl398r
"Avoid the following static verbs in building images: have, has, had, be, am, is, do, does, did, being, been, are, was, and were." ~ Structure by Franklin #engl398r
"Backstory drives present action." ~ Gerard, "The Fact Behind the Facts"
Gerard reminds us there is always context to the situations, perspectives unheard, that contribute to our understanding of the story.
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"There's no trick. If you are tricking, then you're not doing it right," states French in "The Warm Art of Interviewing" by Gerard. A warning that when interviewing it is about letting the person speak freely and not interrogate them instead. #engl398r