In Ron Koergt's piece he is advising writers to stray away from the traditional notions and concepts about writing. The process of writing is not always linear. Actually, it is more like a messy scribble. He is telling writers to explore life and think outside of the box. Our experiences throughout our lives should motivate our writing and become a part of it. Writing is more than just words...writing is a type of art. Writing should be creative.
If I could give advice to students that will be taking WSC001, it would be to relax. After taking this course I have learned to accept that nothing I write is going to be perfect. When you sit down to write, just write whatever is on your mind...even if it doesn't make sense. Challenge yourself. That is the point of writing. It's a process. You write, and you rewrite, and you rewrite again. Be creative and exciting when you write. Don't write about things that are boring or bore you. Be honest. If the topic you need to write about was boring to you--find ways around it to express true, exciting feelings. These feelings don't have to be 'good' or positive feelings. Honest writing is the most real writing. It is the most empowering writing for a reader to read. Let go of the formulas that you learned in your twelve years of education outside of college on how to write. Write freely, creatively and most importantly, honestly.
Thank you for your thoughtful post. You bring up some interesting points in this post. I like how you said that students need to relax. It can be very stressful sometimes so it is important to relax. When you don't get a good great it just adds more stress. But as you say writing is about editing and rewriting. I think you give good advice here. Thank you for your post.
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