English 5 – Monday 3/15/21

March’s Ides…. 5:5:10pm:  First ten words that come to mind….  Just write them down, let us respond.  Could take any form. ME: Not rushing. Don’t want that. Ease is what me frees. 5:10-5:40pm:  Self-talk in writing.  Why.  What does it do.  Is that what our authors are doing?  Why do it at all?   A…

English 5 – 3/8/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Hello!!  Tell us about your journal and journal writing lately.  Any stories?  Anything you could turn into a longer work?  Say 4-5 pages, ABOUT YOU? 5:10-5:40pm:  Samantha Irby’s essay flavor…..  tell us about it. 5:40-6pm:  What writing does for a reader, for the one writing.  But more than that… LIFE.  What we want from…

English 5 – 2/17/21, Wednesday

5-5:10pm:  Intro….  How was your break?  What did you do? What did you read, write?  Read or write anything for you? 5:10-5:35pm:  Lawson’s book….  What is your opinion? What did it show you? What do you wish it had done? If it did teach you something or connect with you in some unique way, what…

5:48pm

Thoughts grabbing me aggressively.

English 5 – 1/27/21, Wednesday

5-5:20pm:  What were some thoughts that went through your head today?  What did you do with them?  Are you going to do anything with them?  What do they mean? Think of your life as literature.  It IS. It’s a story.  You’re writing even when you’re not writing.  So… what did you write today? FYN (For…

English 5 – 1/25/21, Monday

5-5:10pm:  Introduction, settle in.  How’s the writing going?  Have you touched your journal? 5:10-5:30pm:  Questions about last class, the semester, the syllabus? FOR TONIGHT’S PAGE:  This experience in English 5 will decline for you if you excessively deliberate, rather than ACTUATE.  Just move and create, contribute… 5:30-5:55pm:  What did you choose to write about, and…

When writing…

Don’t think about the direction, the structure or properness, or even what you’re writing. Just move with words. Something will materialize. Fixate in the act, the presence of you on page. The more we think about writing and the order of it being one way, especially to pin some grade, we self-block. There’s poison introduced….

English 5 – 1/20/21, Wednesday

5-5;20pm: Introductions, site familiarity, syllabus. -Tell us a little about yourself, and your relationship with reading, writing. -What did you do today? What stories are there? 5:20-5:40: Who are you, beyond what you’ve already told us? What do you want? How will YOU get it?? NOTE FOR YOUR NOTES: Everything that you want is attainable….