Thursday, February 21, 2013
Ray Bradbury talks about the importance of writing and submitting persistently.
He talks about how he kept getting rejections but kept writing and submitting anyway. Finally, he had a short story published and even though he didn't get paid for it, he could now say he was a published writer when submitting elsewhere. He talks about his breakthrough short story, "The Lake," and it was then that he realized what he wrote for himself, was his best work. As a writer, and more specifically, a poet, writing persistently is important to me. Bradbury is encouraging to listen to, since he, too, had so many rejections, yet his persistence finally paid off. I know from experience, that you have to keep up with not only writing but submitting for publication. Eventually, you will find your audience. Not only that, but writing daily will make you a better writer. As you go through the process, you become more aware of what works and what doesn't.
He talks about how he kept getting rejections but kept writing and submitting anyway. Finally, he had a short story published and even though he didn't get paid for it, he could now say he was a published writer when submitting elsewhere. He talks about his breakthrough short story, "The Lake," and it was then that he realized what he wrote for himself, was his best work. As a writer, and more specifically, a poet, writing persistently is important to me. Bradbury is encouraging to listen to, since he, too, had so many rejections, yet his persistence finally paid off. I know from experience, that you have to keep up with not only writing but submitting for publication. Eventually, you will find your audience. Not only that, but writing daily will make you a better writer. As you go through the process, you become more aware of what works and what doesn't.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Week 5 Assignment ENG 421
These are the three writers Facebook pages I chose for this
assignment:
Jayne Ann Krentz, Don DeLillo, and Larry Jaffe.
Jayne Ann Krentz, Don DeLillo, and Larry Jaffe.
I focused on Larry Jaffe’s page because I am more familiar with it. He does a
good job of blending personal and professional posts while keeping both interesting
and fresh. Other writers and poets post on his page as well so that is
effective for reaching a wider audience. Jaffe posts interesting things that
other poets would be interested in reading. Jaffe has a social conscious and often posts about social issues.
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