5-5:10pm: Settle in, talk to each other about your day and your thoughts on the day itself, what it taught you.
5:10-5:35pm: Your story… what characters are in it and how will you teach us about these characters?
5:35-6pm: What is the truth to your story? And if it’s not just one, then how many? And not so much quantity, but the architecture of those truths?
6-6:20pm: What did you find out about Sedaris? And if you didn’t research him, go to YouTube now and find something. What did you find?
6:20-6:30pm: On Tonight’s Page…. Leave us with a thought on YOU, your story.
ASSIGNMENT: Start reading Sedaris…. first three chapters and type a reaction before next class.
ASSIGNMENT: Start typing a story from your life.. have four pages as the end-aim.
For my story, My characters would be defined by how the relationships between us have developed in my own life. each character trait influenced by how it has affected me.
The truth to my story is mostly on how much I’ve grown and what I’ve learned from my own experiences and other people’s experiences. I’ve learned so many things, but only some things I have learned were very helpful.
Everything teaches, everything narrates… think critically about what you would otherwise dismiss…
Pay attention tot he architecture of truth.. how it’s structured, how it appears, how it engages you…
I believe the truth of my story is; it’s okay to struggle. It’s something I fought with for a long time, but the overarching struggles I’ve had with anxiety and other issues always bothered me. But now I embrace my issues. I take things one day at a time and I work towards a stronger version of myself every day!
It’s a love to struggle. That’s what composes character..
Every single person around me is a character. Each character has story and I have one reflected about them. However, I’m the protagonist and I want to write about my personal experiences that include them. I can show the impact they have had on my life with direct truth, coming back around to connect with the worth of my story.
And, antagonist?
Antagonists can be the conflicts, not just a singular character. It could even coexist within the protagonist. I’ll define the infliction.
Yes, you will…
Truths of my story:
I am nurturing, resilient and honest. Its ok to not be perfect, and be excited about my differences!
Hell yeah! Always appreciate your mindset
Laura puts it down… RESPECT.
Hey thanks Paul! I enjoy your word too. I can tell you take your time writing and it shows. Well thought out =well written
Truth to my story is I have complained, procrastinated, and failed, however, I am still here learning and growing every day to become a better me tomorrow even if tomorrow is sh/t.
The truth in my story is everyone has a story that they chose to keep hidden. Also don’t give your children unrestricted internet access.
Word.
The truth about my story is about finding myself through the process of self love, forgiveness and motivation.
I love and admire that truth!!
The truth to my story is a culmination of my experiences and challenges and for the reader, or viewer to find their own truth from that collection. A binary truth is fallable, but a subjective one is the only true and universal one.
the truth to my story i believe is my strength and what i have became now! the truth to my story made me into a person i wouldnt think i would be.
I think its a bit of both, ether truth finds you in your story, or you step back for a second and find the truth for yourself, whatever the character is dealing with can be greatly expressed in words. meaning it is always good to write down your experience’s.
Some truths of my story is people change as time passes by some for the better or for the worse
The truth in my story is don’t trust people who are in it for themselves.
Something I’ve learned the last couple of weeks. God, some people are just ALL about themselves. I still need to figure out a way how to deal with their personalities without losing my mind.
It’s fine to be about self, but the characters that surround MUST be considered. 🙂
The truth to my story.. laziness. procrastination. excuses. self pity. But also letting go of all of those and working my ass of, to improve my mental, physical and financial state of being. Not being where I wanted to be, it was within my control all the time, but making excuses is so much easier than putting in effort. Change starts wherever I want it to start, and that amount of control is freeing.
This is on point!
The truth of my story is even if the world is falling apart, and you’re got no idea what your doing, just keep moving forward, stop for nothing.
Friction is to what you should listen… there is not confrontation, only elevation and amplified placement.
My story would have to be filled with many truths. It would be filled with anxiety and how I dealt with that as a child, happiness being with my family and friends, a truth I try to keep on my mind everyday is love..and how it is important and needed.
Truth and Self are a bright and mobile knot…
That is very poetic indeed!
Cheers Laura.. It’s just a thought. 🙂
Who has met Mr. Sedaris? I’m a MAD fan…
I just bought his book “The Best of Me” im excited to read after this one!
truth to my story is in the mantra I have told myself for many many years, “love passionately and live fearlessly.” It is something I have toId myself for many many years. ( I even have it tattooed on my shoulders.)
A truth in my story is clarity, realizing things about myself, visions of my identity, pictures in my mind, seeing and loving myself. I am not who I was yesterday.
I can relate to this! Lately, I have been learning so much about myself. It’s interesting learning different versions of me, I thought I had me all figured out!
When you learn about Self, you appreciate and compile MORE Self.
To be connected to your reality is to appreciate the lively and voltage-folded humor in it.. Sedaris reminds me of this…
I just pulled the book out of the moving box last night! I’m excited! I actually thought I had read a book of his before but this will be the first one!
He’s great. And his attitude is so refreshing and comforting..
I’m trying to find ways to describe my truth but I’m having some trouble. Does truth=theme? or is it the main idea of that theme? If soooo then I think fostering healthy relationships with others but most importantly with myself. Finding a theme or common ground of what keeps me ok. Then what I can build on top of that ok to make some overall happiness. My truth in this moment would be finding the bliss in each breath. Each morning I set a mantra that’s going to help me follow my truth. When I’m in a difficult interaction or having to make a tough decision I remind myself that I am walking on the path of light. So today my truth is that I am walking in the light. Whatever that may mean for me today. From this little scattered post I’m learning that each day I find new truths whether I am looking for them or not. If you’re still reading, thanks for following along!
The truth to my story is growth, every idea and every solution comes from growth. If there wasn’t a focus on growth nothing would progress in the story. It would be a stagnate existence without any learning.
Sedaris rejects while concurrently accepting everything around him and all that he’s lived..
From what I looked in to for Sedaris, he appears to have the similar quality to that of Lawson and Irby in which his stories are an honest look into the experiences that shaped his life, whether they paint him in a positive light or not.
I found out the Sedaris likes to write strange things in his fans books and I thought that was hilarious because not all of his fans end up the happiest with the ridiculous things he writes. One girl had him sign a book for her boyfriend named Robert and he drew a tombstone in it because he thought they wouldn’t last. In his defense though, I don’t really trust Roberts either.
OMG that is hilarious!
lol
Wikipedia defines him as a hunorist. I’ve never heard that word before.
In an interview with Steve Paikin, David Sedaris says that he doesn’t think writing is cathartic, but it is how he makes sense of the world. He writes about the awful, unspeakable things that people can relate too but don’t ever talk about.
Precisely what makes him immortal…
I watched the jimmy Kimmel interview Sedaris did and a few other videos, he’s very interesting with the questions he asks. I also found him funny.
I liked when Sedaris said that he would rather be known for picking up trash around his neighborhood, and he wants to get back to touring and meeting new people.
“I made a career of taking every bit of advice my father gave me and doing the exact opposite.” Sedaris
Great quote!!
i learnt that Sedaris thinks that everything can be interesting, nothing is boring.
Where did you read that?
Something I learned about David Sedaris is that he spent a week in a nudist colony. I tried to learn more about the reasons why and all I could find was he wanted to see that type of life style and thought maybe it was for him…
Already my favorite quote of him: “ I haven’t got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.”
That’s great!! Can you share with the colleagues where you found that?
I was looking for quotes of Sedaris to get to know him better! You can find a whole list of them on google, or just a couple under the tab “quotes” 🙂
Nice.
Sedaris gets sick of his own writing, as he said at a reading in a bookstore..
Oh David Sedaris, can’t wait to read this book of his after his last and learn more things about his life. Second oldest of six children, grew up in North Coralina, dropped out of College to hitchhike around the country and kept a diary with him. Has been writing in it everyday since.
Very Kerouac… <3
in an interview when asked about missing touring he says ” I wonder if it’s possible to die from lack of attention.” 🙂
lol .. what does that say about his attitude and character?
he thrives interacting with others, and his own thoughts and ideas. he enjoys being bold at life
After searching up Sedaris I found that he’s an an American humorist and a comedian along with other things
David Sedaris joined a podcast where he pitched an idea for a makeup company called “ApocaLIPS” pronounced “Apocalypse” Fantastically witty!!! Can’t wait to start reading…
WHAT!! wait, that is actually so witty!!! i love it.
Source: David Sedaris | Good For You Podcast with Whitney Cummings on YouTube. Hysterical!!
So gonna check that out!! Thanks #DaisDayz… 🙂
After looking up David Sedaris and watching a youtube interview I have found that he is a writer but also a comedian at the same time. After watching a youtube video of him with Jimmy Fallon I can see just how he uses his humor, to invite and make people laugh. He was born December 26th and is a little older than our past authors. I have a feeling his work will be close to Lawson and Irby but maybe different in different senses because of different life experiences.
We’ll see!!
“if its a question you’ve heard in a hotel or store, forget it. there is no place to go with those questions. that is some small talk questions.” and “then yesterday I found out they made spanks for men. I went and bought some, I am wearing them right now.”
I love dearly the energy he has created haha he is unapologetically strong minded and isn’t scared to be true to his character!
I feel like Sedaris shows us the truest value of not caring.. that a removal is the most intricate and intimate way of getting closer to something, or someone.
I cannot find where I feel like I know him from, I’ve been searching but no luck. Maybe his book will shed some insight into it.
Me too!There is another author I confused him with!
Oh who was it?
Im looking it up right now
It was James Frey. Wildly different content but still a good read….there was some controversy about whether some of it was true or made up..
David Sedaris is the first person that I have ever seen described as a humorist. I looked more into it and it just means that he is a humor writer but I hope to explore what makes him a humorist rather than a writer.
Keep developing some idea for the semester… More and more, mind is humor and the value of dismissal.. Yours? Feel free to email or text me.
What’s on the page for tonight y’all???