Post by skizzy on Feb 29, 2008 3:07:15 GMT -5
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There was a time in my senior year of high school that I was sitting in my Creative Writing class and the real teacher wasn't as sick as she usually was and decided to show up for two days...before falling ill again and didn't show up for the rest of that semester.
Anyway on one of the two days she was there she was saying that as a required assignment for in class credit we were to write down what ever was in our minds for the first ten minutes of class. Even if such individuals didn't have anything to say with any real depth she did accept a mix of words that took up as much space as the 10 minutes allowed.
What this teacher believed is that by doing this it allowed the mind to clear up and make room for the space of creativity. While at the time I was open to that kind of thing and it was during the year that I couldn't write a poem to save my life. I proceeded to try to write things that at least made sense......So if you got this far i assume that I am failing miserably..
I guess the point I am asking to be debated is this:
Do you think that this teacher is correct in assuming that if you write down such nonsense, or even a thought that s consuming your time, that such a practice can help in good writing?
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There was a time in my senior year of high school that I was sitting in my Creative Writing class and the real teacher wasn't as sick as she usually was and decided to show up for two days...before falling ill again and didn't show up for the rest of that semester.
Anyway on one of the two days she was there she was saying that as a required assignment for in class credit we were to write down what ever was in our minds for the first ten minutes of class. Even if such individuals didn't have anything to say with any real depth she did accept a mix of words that took up as much space as the 10 minutes allowed.
What this teacher believed is that by doing this it allowed the mind to clear up and make room for the space of creativity. While at the time I was open to that kind of thing and it was during the year that I couldn't write a poem to save my life. I proceeded to try to write things that at least made sense......So if you got this far i assume that I am failing miserably..
I guess the point I am asking to be debated is this:
Do you think that this teacher is correct in assuming that if you write down such nonsense, or even a thought that s consuming your time, that such a practice can help in good writing?
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