Week Three Blog Post

Week Three Blog Post

     Goldberg-

During the introduction, Goldberg primarily focuses on the act of writing not as a cognitive process but as a literal function. Breaking down step by step, she  delineates each individual step that must be followed. From the purchasing of a viable pen and journal, to the speed of which you write. Breaking it down into such a tangible process helps ease the often overwhelming nature of conjuring up a piece of "writing".

She then promotes the idea that writing is not something to be made so permanent. I completely agree with this notion. Each word put on paper is nothing more than an idea we let loose; it is not something so descriptive of our intelligence. Rather, it is something let out of us, if not only for the satisfaction of its release. This is an idea I can strongly relate to. I often find myself struggling to sound a certain way whether to impress a teacher or simply to impress myself.

Then, moving onto the topic of obsessions she brings about a very applicable epiphany. We are completely driven by compulsions. Creatures of habit, we find ourselves performing various miniscule busy-work tasks and often without reason; these invisible reasons are compulsions. Habits. I think writing is a habit that we can all use a bit more of. Not only does it exercise the mind and soul, but it helps to promote a general maturing of the brain. You will come to many realizations writing. You will learn.

Syntax and detail, this is the crux of any piece of writing. It will just as soon be the crucifixion. Someone who focuses too much on style and beautiful detailed writing will forgo the most simple ingredient: content. The most raw component of any delivery of an idea is the idea itself. Writing is an art, but just as an artist must have a preconceived picture in his mind so too must the writer have a general direction. I love how the author relates these processes to cooking throughout the text. It is such a realistic comparison because writing very often is much like baking.