Writing Class

Since I am a Senior I am taking my Senior Seminar. This means I have to read and write many pages a week.  I have to admit it's harder then I thought. Sometimes writing does come so easy, and other times it's as though a spigot has been opened up. But what I found out to be the worst is the reading. Before you all go and hate me, read first. I like the class. The teacher is fun to be with and is VARY energetic. No need to drink coffee before class. Your likely to get some through her via osmoses. Her aura contains it! And I like how everyone gets a chance to read and have their stories read. I also like her way of getting us to look at published writing to see what they did write, and what they did wrong. Yet, the reading is much. We have to get through 75 pages, and some of them are just the same things over and over again. One book, The Right to Write has committed that crime more then once. The book is supposed to give any person willing to write the mental and emotional push to do so. This is a good thing. But do we need well over a hundred pages of it? How many times can we be told to write before we find the task something we no hate? How many people cleaned their rooms simply because your mother said to? Not many. You had to grow up, and find that having a clean room is better on your own. The only good tip this book gave was to write every day. This is true. The trick is, one small 15 minute spirt of writing is supposed to get you think, and soon those 15 minutes tern into 1.5 hours. That is good. But the rest I do without. The second book, Deep Revision, is a darn good one. This one gives actual suggestions on how to keep writing going, and how to make some changes if need be. It's really grammar changes, but how to make your story more interesting. The last one a collection of writings from other writers. This is hit or miss. The stories are usually short. Some are good, while others are not. It depends on the story. I don't mind reading this one. I have to admit it takes me a long time to get through this all. First, I have to force myself not to get mad and see that there IS GOOD SOMEWHERE in the "Right to Write." Second, I have to make sure not to scoff at everything Then, once I have gotten through all that I can read, which takes me a while. Because of how long this takes, I usually wait till the last moment before class, which I have to leave to go too. I'll write again soon.