I began writingn this aprox 7 hours ago. Fell alseep.. after an hour of writing.. and then picked it up again 2 hours ago.. started chatting, playing SM, WoW, and finished literaly 10 mins ago.
Note: This is the first thing I have written.. in 5 months. so bear with me =/ you kind of lose da skillz after a while or not doing them =(
The due date on this is... in 2 hours.
Edit: there are a few words that are in italics.. I just copy pasted this.. I guess I'll just do that later. I have to go to class. Read this as if I was speaking to you. that was the intent anyway.
Generic Essay about Writing, Version 7.3
I’m a writer, not a reader. Reading always seemed dull to me, and I don’t think that will ever change. I first began writing as a hobby a little before entering my junior year in high school. Most of my friends were poets, essayists, and scriptwriters. I suppose I felt the need to join their ranks as artists of the written word, and I did. But there was one common denominator that I did not share with the rest of them: they all read books on a daily basis. They had professional influence while I lacked it. My writing was not the best it could have been said I had developed the reading habit my parents endeavored to establish upon me. I will not blame myself though; my will to drop a book is stronger than my will to pick one up. I cannot take a book a read it in my leisure time. It’s just who I am. I can honestly say that the only time I read any sort of Literature is during school years, when professors bombard us with assignments and due dates we are obliged to meet.
I was submitted to reading books throughout my junior and senior high school years. The need for passing grades was too great to simply ignore. Reading was a necessity, so I naturally did what was best for me despite the fact I did not enjoy it. However, I cannot earnestly say that all the ‘pain’ and ‘torture’ was for nothing. My reading proved fruitful. Not only did I gain heaps of knowledge, but my writing style improved. Acknowledging my errors and correcting them may as well be one the best feelings I have ever undergone. I guess I should thank College Board and their SATs, my College Counselor, and my Parents for pressuring me, and turning me into a paranoid maniac whose only worry is to obtain the best grades possible. Without them, I do not think I would have bettered my writing.
But regardless of the obvious benefits I gained from reading, I still did not enjoy doing so. The main reason would be because I failed to understand the relationship between reading and writing. The definite answer to that would be that both reading and writing affect each other: You will imitate what you read in your writing, and your reading level will increase if your writing level is high. I won’t deny that; it is rather obvious. But what bothered me the most was the lack of originality consequently exposed to the general public. If we read another author’s work, we will learn something from it. We may imitate said author’s style, and use it as our own. We may copy said author’s character and use a poorly developed imitation in an attempt to seem as original as possible. In the end, I have always thought that everything there is to write has already been written, and every style there was to use has already been used (even if it is your own, someone else has probably done something similar before.)
This leaves area for controversy. A struggle to create something that one can say is “one’s own.” Novelty is appealing. Readers enjoy innovation. And even as we remain wedged by mind-boggling dilemmas such as contemplating whether the word “bamboozled” should replace “bewildered,” our readers expect us to appease their crave for fresh, new unexplored content. As a writer, I have always felt that this demand will eventually obliterate us. Maintaining an original style is difficult enough; at times, I wish I could just slap my readers and ask them to settle down: “We are thinking! Leave us alone!” We have come to a point where originality in its essence is not original, and the continuous demand for it will drive us insane. Truth be told, the fresh new themes that we are incessantly demanded of are not ‘fresh new themes’ at all. If they were to be labeled, I believe the best term would not be “Original Theme,” but “Sub-created Theme.” The Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines the word “create” as ‘to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.’ One thing is undoubtedly true, and I may simply be speaking for myself here, but, the writing process is not and ordinary process. But, is it not enthralling how creation in its natural form is always original? Random house says creation is “unique,” but I am quite sure that everything we have ever written, even before we deemed ourselves as writers, has been written before. Our predecessors should be quite pleased with all this credit, but Alas! We cannot allow this to remain as so! This train of thought would in turn lead to why I write.
From my writing’s early stages three years ago up until now, I can earnestly say that the one force that keeps me from going astray from writing is the general audience. I write because I like to be heard, and I cannot say that there is a single writer who does not wish to communicate an idea, a theme, a moral, or a mere story. We are but slaves to our audience, and we do so willingly. I wish to some day be able to achieve the impossible originality I previously mentioned, and satisfy my readers through it. This is what I do; and this is what I will continue to do.
Note: This is the first thing I have written.. in 5 months. so bear with me =/ you kind of lose da skillz after a while or not doing them =(
The due date on this is... in 2 hours.
Edit: there are a few words that are in italics.. I just copy pasted this.. I guess I'll just do that later. I have to go to class. Read this as if I was speaking to you. that was the intent anyway.
Generic Essay about Writing, Version 7.3
I’m a writer, not a reader. Reading always seemed dull to me, and I don’t think that will ever change. I first began writing as a hobby a little before entering my junior year in high school. Most of my friends were poets, essayists, and scriptwriters. I suppose I felt the need to join their ranks as artists of the written word, and I did. But there was one common denominator that I did not share with the rest of them: they all read books on a daily basis. They had professional influence while I lacked it. My writing was not the best it could have been said I had developed the reading habit my parents endeavored to establish upon me. I will not blame myself though; my will to drop a book is stronger than my will to pick one up. I cannot take a book a read it in my leisure time. It’s just who I am. I can honestly say that the only time I read any sort of Literature is during school years, when professors bombard us with assignments and due dates we are obliged to meet.
I was submitted to reading books throughout my junior and senior high school years. The need for passing grades was too great to simply ignore. Reading was a necessity, so I naturally did what was best for me despite the fact I did not enjoy it. However, I cannot earnestly say that all the ‘pain’ and ‘torture’ was for nothing. My reading proved fruitful. Not only did I gain heaps of knowledge, but my writing style improved. Acknowledging my errors and correcting them may as well be one the best feelings I have ever undergone. I guess I should thank College Board and their SATs, my College Counselor, and my Parents for pressuring me, and turning me into a paranoid maniac whose only worry is to obtain the best grades possible. Without them, I do not think I would have bettered my writing.
But regardless of the obvious benefits I gained from reading, I still did not enjoy doing so. The main reason would be because I failed to understand the relationship between reading and writing. The definite answer to that would be that both reading and writing affect each other: You will imitate what you read in your writing, and your reading level will increase if your writing level is high. I won’t deny that; it is rather obvious. But what bothered me the most was the lack of originality consequently exposed to the general public. If we read another author’s work, we will learn something from it. We may imitate said author’s style, and use it as our own. We may copy said author’s character and use a poorly developed imitation in an attempt to seem as original as possible. In the end, I have always thought that everything there is to write has already been written, and every style there was to use has already been used (even if it is your own, someone else has probably done something similar before.)
This leaves area for controversy. A struggle to create something that one can say is “one’s own.” Novelty is appealing. Readers enjoy innovation. And even as we remain wedged by mind-boggling dilemmas such as contemplating whether the word “bamboozled” should replace “bewildered,” our readers expect us to appease their crave for fresh, new unexplored content. As a writer, I have always felt that this demand will eventually obliterate us. Maintaining an original style is difficult enough; at times, I wish I could just slap my readers and ask them to settle down: “We are thinking! Leave us alone!” We have come to a point where originality in its essence is not original, and the continuous demand for it will drive us insane. Truth be told, the fresh new themes that we are incessantly demanded of are not ‘fresh new themes’ at all. If they were to be labeled, I believe the best term would not be “Original Theme,” but “Sub-created Theme.” The Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines the word “create” as ‘to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.’ One thing is undoubtedly true, and I may simply be speaking for myself here, but, the writing process is not and ordinary process. But, is it not enthralling how creation in its natural form is always original? Random house says creation is “unique,” but I am quite sure that everything we have ever written, even before we deemed ourselves as writers, has been written before. Our predecessors should be quite pleased with all this credit, but Alas! We cannot allow this to remain as so! This train of thought would in turn lead to why I write.
From my writing’s early stages three years ago up until now, I can earnestly say that the one force that keeps me from going astray from writing is the general audience. I write because I like to be heard, and I cannot say that there is a single writer who does not wish to communicate an idea, a theme, a moral, or a mere story. We are but slaves to our audience, and we do so willingly. I wish to some day be able to achieve the impossible originality I previously mentioned, and satisfy my readers through it. This is what I do; and this is what I will continue to do.
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