http://jbersack.umwblogs.org Just another UMW Blogs.org weblog Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:25:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reflections About My Own Blog I think that my blog served two purposes. It gave me a place to say things as well as share my work. I have read my classmates blogs and some of them comment on how they hope no one finds their blogs.(Brandon) I think that if ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/04/27/a-sexy-title-for-this-final-post/ Upon examining my classmates’ blogs I found that each one had a different style. Some of the blogs, like Ashley M.’s title and tagline, “Writing Process: Putting some Elbow grease into my writing…ha” had personal touches that reflected a little personality into them. And Ashley needs to make hers different ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/04/27/reflections-on-my-mates/ What is a writer and how can we bring voice into a classroom? The definition of a writer is complex. We can define a “writer” as someone who makes a living at writing, but then one could argue that any job requires writing in some aspect. Well then, a “writer” is ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/04/26/final-paper/ Miller views the self as a photo of the that person on paper, in the form of text. All the outside factors are effecting the person in the picture. If the environment is hot, the person is sweating, if the environment is cold, they are shiverring. Change of clothes, change ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/04/16/miller/ I think that imitation is a nice way to learn about great writing, but, like Corbet, I think that if a student spends too much time studying and copying a certain author then the students may not develop their own voice, but a voice that sounds like the author channeled ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/04/15/corbett/ I think Hashimoto reinforces Elbow and his idea of voice and the creative soul. Hashimoto says that Elbow thinks either you write with voice or your writing is dead. I'm not sure what Hashimoto would say about Bartholomae's work. I think about it and I wonder if Hashimoto would argue ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/03/26/hashimoto/ My Life As A Hollywood Pee-On Confessions of a Production Assistant Chapter One Moving to Los Angeles right after graduation was a good idea. One of the best I have ever had. I had just finished college and was full of ambition and drive to succeed. I was determined to make it ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/03/25/memoirs/ Freshmen Paper Analysis While reading the freshmen paper drafts I mostly focused on content and whether or not the author used convincing arguments and evidence (over personal assumptions) to back their thesis. I know that this assignment was a very broad assignment so that they could choose anything as a topic, ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/03/23/freshmen-paper-analysis/ Muckelbauer claims that Farmer and Arrington "not only emphasize the apparent opposition between invention and imitation, but hint at the possibiltity that imitation itself is caught up in the very logic of appearances that structures this opposition."(64) Also, "if imitation is somehow involved in producing appearances, we can justifiably suspect ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/02/20/muckelbauers-evidence/ Entertain This I am a huge fan of pressure. The pressure that comes from procrastination works miracles for me. Of course, I have to wait until the last minute to write this paper but I have two really good reasons why. The first of these reasons is that I don’t work ... http://jbersack.umwblogs.org/2008/02/20/my-writing-process/