10/6/20
5-5:10pm: How are you? What have you been writing? How are you going to approach the rest of the semester? And yes, it’s time to start thinking that way, already.
5:10-5:30pm: Your life as Literature.. Your moments are manuscripts. What does this mean to you?
5:30-5:50pm: Do you see your life as Literary? Why or why not?
5:50-6:10pm: Ever catch yourself overthinking? What do you do to change, if anything?
6:10-6:30pm: How can we use overthinking, rather than fight it? This is entirely a writing issue….. And it can go several ways, directions, climbs, and flights.
6:30-6:40pm: Close….. What’s on tonight’s page?
ASSIGNMENT: Continue working on Sedaris essay. Type a one-page story from your day, and email it to me. Keep writing in your journal…. Record your observations and react to them! Buy Samantha Irby’s book, ‘We Are Never Meeting In Real Life’.
Hello
Hi Finn! Welcome!!
thanks, it’s nice to be back in class !
Good to see your words. Enjoy the interactions!
howdy
Hello!!!
Hi
Good evening!! Welcome!!
good afternoon yall!!
Hey Jake!!!
hello how are yall
Doing well!! How about you?
Hey Class, Today was a good day, got a fresh haircut and it was my day off. I been writing a lot of different routes I can take in life from careers to where I can live happily. Im going to keep approaching the rest of the how I been approaching it, just stay on my work and planned everything out
Good to write it out!!
I feel exactly the same
how have yall been?
NINA!!!!
Hey all! I hope that everyone is doing well.
How are you?
I am good! Feeling a bit stressed out with all that is occurring, but I am staying positive. How are you Mr. Mike?
How am I? Free….. just writing, working, creating, and loving all moments.. 🙂
I’ve been doing okay. I’ve been a bit behind on my writings with the fires lately but all in all ive been doing good. right now im approaching the semester as i always do just try my best and not to burn myself out.
I have been writing some notes, trying to stay up with everything while in this crazy time !
The craziness is meant to strengthen…
Good afternoon everyone I’ve had a busy and hectic few weeks, been dealing with a death in the family and possible contraction of covid
Sorry for your loss.
thank you
our prayers go out for you and your family
For tonight’s page… Obstacles and challenges are gifts. See it that way, and you learn more, are empowered.
Hey everyone!
Hey Giovanni!
Hello guys! Hope everyone is doing well! I basically have been writing about how I have been feeling lately. I was a little overwhelmed in the past few weeks so for now on (for the rest of the semester) I will give my best but at the same time I am not push me so hard, I will try to be more gentle with myself. I know that in the end, somehow, everything is gonna be alright 🙂
Good to see you! Keep writing, mind your pace. Pace gives you peace…
The journal is your teacher. You teach yourself from past scenes and senses.
how was your day? Mine was frustrating because my teacher didn’t show up to our class, but i went to the store after to get supplies. I’m going to try to make a dreamcatcher.
Nice! To the dreamcatcher…
Are you a crafty person?
Nope…. lol
hello everybody, i’m a bit tired from work but excited to be here for today’s class.i’ve been writing a little less strict compared to have i normally would in previous english classes, and i feel like being more relaxed has had a better outcome on my writing style. i’m going approach the rest of this semester with a clear and focused mentality and just get it done!!
Nice!!! Write along the way, as to teach the future YOU.
it is hard to see an obstacle as a gift, or otherwise something positive
That’s precisely what makes it a gift… the perspective. You gift yourself with strength and resolution…
Hope everyone is well. Today I woke up for my open at 3:20 am and saw the weirdest things on the road in the dead of night! Kind of a spooky way to start the morning off: weird intermittent fog, weird ruffling in the bushes, crackheads bothering us at 5 am. Always fun!
Rest of semester huh? Crazy how fast things are happening
Yep….. ten weeks left. That’s 20 meetings. Actually, less with holidays…
hi everyone
Hey Ivan!
In my “teaching” life I’ve heard so many students so quick to voice what ails them, what hurts, why they can’t get something done. While being empathetic to their reality, I always encourage them to use that momentum in a different way. Just a thought….
I think I’m going to approach the rest of the semester strong and just end 2020 on a good note.
Good!
Good evening everyone!
I have been continuing to reflect on my day for my writing prompts unless I come up with something creative that day. I think I am going to be approaching the rest of the semester by staying positive and with an open mind!!
I could say my obstacle today was pretty straight forward. A history class this morning at 9:00 did honestly challenge me. I would say especially because I was tired. However I got through it and learned a lot about the makings of our constitution and the revolutionary War. So some could say my morning was productive, but i’m just going to say it was more surprising then educationally provoking. Anyways how was your morning?
Busy. Empowering. Loving…
thank you, was yours busy or relaxing?
Both, and neither…
very quantum of you
History class does that to me as well!
Well manuscript are text that the author doesn’t publish so for me this means thats my life is the main story while my manuscripts are the silence victory or those moment where you take a deep breath and enjoy what you accomplished
Im super excited for the rest of the semester and to read the other books you have planned!! Ive been writing here and there but I probably should to be writing more. I’ll be working on that extra hard in the next couple of weeks
Your life is a story and the memories that stay with you forever are the parts the reader reads to themselves. People dont care about the fact Harry Potter take ate eggs and toast for breakfast and the reader doesn’t care about if you didnt match your socks. They care about the big moments like your first kiss or your first house.
I agree..
This moment is a story, its own manuscript. Want to be a “better” writer, start seeing your life as something more than just “worth” writing.
Quick question … what exactly is a manuscript
A book, or story, something collected in pages….
I can’t wait to vote in this election, end the semester strong, and end 2020 on a good note
I have mostly been writing when something negative happens and I need an utlet. It’s been helping me to work through my thoughts. Im very curious for the rest of the semester and excited to get reading.
You’ll love Irby’s book!!
I was working on longer essay for a week.I am unable to write in journal as I think my life is not exciting enough to write in journal.
Well, you need to shed that mentality. Write it down anyway. It’s the reader’s job to decide if it’s interesting, not yours.
Not a matter of pushing yourself to do something as much as knowing that it will get done and you will be the one doing.
It has been a tough time to everyone, for sure. I read a poem yesterday that literally clear my mind. It’s called ”you are not depressed, you are distracted – by Facundo Cabral.” I totally recommend for everyone when you are feeling a little down
Thank you!!
I think I need to increase my consistency. In terms of education, I think the one way to really keep up on work and learning is to keep a consistent schedule and habit to do my work. If there is one thing Sedaris tried to highlight is the importance of a habit, and a habit for my college work I think will benefit me down the line. Even past this semester and through the rest of my educational journey. What are your long term goals to accomplish in College?
Stick with the times, everyone!!
Referring to my own life as literature feels odd for me because it makes it seem more important. I am just an average person who’s day to day life is no more interesting than the next persons. If my life was literature it may be more entertaining and rounded.
Not at all.. just means that it can be read by others and possibly help them.
You can write about anything in your life. Doesn’t have to be interesting, but it’s still literature. I also think that your life is written already out for you. You pretty much just follow a script or story and how your story ends is how its supposed to be
Yes!
Well said!
Life as literature to me means that everything can be written and should be written, and can be read.
I think it’s important to see your own like as a manuscript because at the end of the day, you are the author to your own life. Though obstacles may occur, you have the power to make a difference and come up with an ending you’ll be satisfied with.
I see my life as literary, definitely! I am always writing lists and jotting down my thoughts. I also love to journal, even before this class I would keep a personal journal. Sometimes, what I am writing isn’t a complete sentence – it may just be a word or phrase. Even if something fun doesn’t happen in my day or week I try to write.
This is literary… can be written and read. Everything is a page, set of pages.
I have recently been trying to find stories in everyday life and it has been really fun! I will walk to a store, for example, have my earbuds in without playing anything, and observe the world around me and create stories in my head as I walk. I’ll make inferences and create characteristics of how I think they would act in their given situation.
I really love this! I’ve always fell like this is how so many writers get character ideas for their books, etc!
True!!
Thinking about my life as Literature, it makes my open my eyes and think of my life in ways I haven’t thought of before. For example, if I told had a story about my life it would be different than most because I am a very down to earth person who is very caring and fortunate about my life. I love my life and now love thinking about my life as literature. Going through high school I was always told that the reason I get along with so many people is because I am a leader and listen to others, this is something that would be in my book.
Nice!!
Manuscript… could be a short story, book, memoir, or several stories and books…
I am very excited for the rest of this semester! My plan of approach is to do my absolute best, continue keeping the habit of writing and expressing what’s going on in my head and also….stay determined !!
Thinking of life as literature has also helped improve my memory a bit because I am being forced to pay attention to small details and make guesses on them.
Right now… I have a story around me, provoking and coaching me. The two bigger kids, the three week-old. Everything is instruction, everything is urging me one way or another. Same is true of your life. You don’t need much to write. There’s more than enough literature and prompts right around you, right now.
I truly feel like our lives are like literature and it’s up to us as the author to write a story. For example, Sedaris made his story a comedy where he always sees the funny side of things.
Yes! You can make it anything you want!