Analysis Of Short-Term Gain

Everyone knows what writing is to one extent or another, but we all have different definitions of how it should be done and varying degrees of seriousness about the art. We all have a process of writing, but each is unique to ourselves and our own experiences. Annie Dillard and Stephen King are two well known authors who have published many pieces, two of which describe how they view the writing process and let their readers get a peek of what goes on through their minds when they write. These two pieces are Dillard’s The Writing Life and King’s “What Writing Is.”

My relationship with writing could have culminated into three words; fear, quality, and of course no relationship is complete without excitement. Like any new relationship, emotions can determine the success or demise of the relationship. These emotions all work to the betterment of the writer and the writing relationship, each emotion feeding ever so slightly off one another. Exploring these writing relations reveal the truth where my writing relationship is concerned.

Unanticipated Gains takes a look at child care centers and the effect it has on families enrolled in these centers on their social capital. The author uses interviews, observation, and surveys of these child care facilities in New York City and he observes and documents relationships that the parents have with these organizations, and the influence it may have on their life such as their well-being and social life. The author argues that these organizations offer some opportunity for parents to make new friends and find people who share similar interests to share knowledge with (Small 2009). The surveys the author uses are meant to show you the advantages of social capital. He shows how when parents join these childcare centers there is a decreased

All writing comes in many different styles and attracts a certain audience in which it strikes their minds and opens them up to a new world of thinking or looking at things. “Writing to Connect” by Mary Pipher tells about this concept and elaborates on it greatly to encourage aspiring writers who may be feeling discouraged. Writing to Connect is a chapter in Mary Pipher’s newest book Writing to Change the World, where she discusses the use of powerful writing, changing aspects of the way people view things, and inspiring others to share their own stories and never be afraid of what you feel needs to be shared. Pipher directs the chapter toward aspiring writers to tell her audience they should never give up and inspires them with the use of rhetorical choices. Specific rhetorical choices provide further support for Pipher’s purpose of writing the chapter, she effectively writes to show her audience it’s never wrong to write what they feel, and to take chances in their writing. In “Writing to Connect” by Mary Pipher, she urges aspiring writers to push past their comfort zone of writing with the use of identification, personal anecdotes, and historical texts/occasions to effectively persuade them to never give up on what they feel needs to be said through writing.

Marian Evans Lewes relates to aspiring writers by subtly elucidating her own anticipation in order to draw attention to the common misconceptions young people possess about writing. Lewes quickly states how “exultation is a dream before achievement and rarely comes after” (Lewes 8-9). By creating a short and concise sentence, Lewes quickly informs the reader of how in one’s youth, triumph and elation are expected results of one’s work. Yet the reality is that these are attributes that scarcely accompany one’s achievement. Lewes immediately juxtaposes her previously succinct point what that of a lengthy conclusion she has developed. She determines how after one has completed a piece of writing they feel as though their bodies became the system in which writing “develop[s] and grow[s] by some force of which one’s own life has only served as a vehicle and that what is left of oneself is only a poor husk” (11-13). Lewes contrast in

During the course of a person’s life, a decision is made as to which direction their life should follow. Most people are encouraged by their loved ones to make this choice for themselves. When Kelly Cherry was twelve, she announced to her musically devoted, string quartet violinist parents that she was going to quit piano lessons and become a writer, in response, “[her] mother said that she would rather kill [her] than have [her] turn out like [her] big brother, a beatnik. She ran to the kitchen to get [a] butcher knife” (“Kelly Cherry”). Needless to say, she was not supported in this career path. Throughout the course of her early writing career, she would hear that she “had no talent for writing” (“Kelly Cherry”). Still, she continued to write, occasionally quitting again and again, like a smoker, only to pick it up again (“Kelly Cherry”). Continually she told herself, “You are not a writer” until one day she revised this to, “If you don’t write your books, no one else will” (“Kelly Cherry”).

“To write to be a writer, I have to trust and believe in myself as a speaker, as a voice for the images. I have to believe that can communicate with images and words that I can do it well. A lack of belief in my creative self is a lack of belief in my total self and vice versa- I cannot separate my writing from any part of my life. It is all one” (95).

In Mary Pipher’s “Writing to Connect”, Karen Cangialosi’s “Healing Through the Written Word”, and Sam Dillon’s “What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence” each writer talks about the unlimited importance of writing. Each writer has a different but extremely valid piece to their work.

This chronic state of unease temporarily afflicts writers affecting their ability to produce new work and slows down production. Although this might sound unbearably painful, many fail to realize that if left untreated this condition can become hazardous to the writers as well as the readers.

In her article “Shitty First Drafts” from book Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, author of six publications and an alumna from Baltimore, illustrates the hardship commonly found among authors when embarking on a brand new draft in which the feeling of doubt, panic, and lack of motivation may lead any author to a dark, inevitable pit. She introduces the reader to a misconception in which all famous and successful authors are naturally adept to writing a perfect “first draft” (Lamott 1) on a seemingly flawless, enthusiastic momentum. However, in reality all writers go through the struggles of an initial draft. She continues on by demonstrating different incentives in which writers utilize to motivate themselves, and she encourages the fact that most

Due to my excellence in middle school English, I was placed into the Honors English I class. This reawakened the childhood talent I had held onto so dearly. Growing up, I always had a knack for storytelling. Even before my brain knew the alphabet existed, my little hands formed scribbles in which I would tell the daring story of a hero saving the day from certain destruction. The heroes always were my age, and sometimes I even wrote myself as the hero. My imagination only seemed to grow stronger with age, and by the time I had turned fourteen I had come to a decision: I was going to write a book.

The crafted memoir of Stephen King “On Writing”, starts off as an autobiography of several tales of inspirational breakthroughs and unfortunate mishaps. “On Writing” recollected with me, From a young age, Stephen King learned the reality of the real world. Though I was much older than Stephen King when my parents had separated I too dealt with the same circumstance. Though I wish i've had the geniuses of Dave King or the talent of Stephen King. My mother didn't just separate with my father, but with her own children. My father struggling to make ends meat for his 5 kids he, too, like Nellie Stephens mother had to make sacrifices. My father became a very busy man I hardly ever got to see him, like Stephen I grew up with lots of sitters. Ordinarily because of the time difference between Stephen and I Stephen saw the world before social media and electronics by his own creativity. Therefore, I found it very discouraging to know that by seven years old, Stephen had begun writing stories. No doubt in my opinion the first part the “C.V.”, King's background story is a very important piece of information. Not for this response paper, but for the readers out there who are in the same way like I need tips and encouragement in ways of tackling writing. I find writing to be torture or more as a punishment from hell. As I read “On Writing”, strangely enough the book felt more as a one on one lesson with Stephen King himself. Ironically “On Writing” isn't so much of a grammar book, but

I had a hard time moving through the rainforest. But once I got used to it, more things started to come together. Once I had finally learned how to make a fire, my next step was to find shelter. When I was searching for shelter I wasn’t really searching for protection, but for a home. I needed a place to feel comfortable in. A place to grow. It was hard to find something like that in a place so foreign to me. Fiction writing was a home for me. It was something I found comfort in. In that home I had built, there

Usually the happy ending comes on the last page; however, I am so happy that I couldn’t save that happiness for the end. I am happy for what I have achieved as a writer. Now that I am living in the after moment, I fully enjoy and appreciate the academic success I have earned. Couple of years ago, if someone asked me to write some fifty pages on any topic, I wouldn’t even think that was possible. During my two-year study in the United States, I have gone through many stages, all challenging, yet downright useful to my academic and personal life. I must admit that I had a zero impulse to write, but I was lucky to meet and work with real world-class writers who inspired me and helped me to be a good writer. Despite busy schedules and stressful mind, I took up the challenges and rode the tide. I always kept a notepad or journal beside my bed to write down my thoughts and memories that appeared in the middle of night. I would get them down on paper and reviewed back in the morning. In those days, the morning for me started at 11:00am as I usually stayed awake the whole night to read, write and, of course, worryingly check news back home. While my brave fellow citizens, Peshmerga, fight the ISIL in the frontlines, I feel I fight psychologically side by side Peshmerga with my singular vigor through pen and paper. I didn’t find a better time to write than past 10:00pm after my two gorgeous and mischievous daughters go to bed. I then enjoyed the calm of the night where all

Authors often have the dilemma of fulfilling their own goals and desires rather than pleasing their critics, family and friends. Authors will struggle with the decision to write due to the effect it has on their personal relationships. Michael Holroyd, for example, reflects on his personal experience with regards to writing in the essay, “A Career Despite Dad’s Advice”. In his essay Holroyd recalls, “It took me around eighteen months to prove beyond reasonable doubt that I was not cut out to be a great lawyer” (Holroyd 94). It was not only difficult for Holroyd to portray his uninterest in becoming a lawyer, but his lack of communication to reject this job. It is frequently seen that not only writers, but people in general, will satisfy the needs of others rather than themselves when it would be the best choice to pursue the goals they have set for themselves. This decision needs to be made by many authors. Writing is not seen as a very stable job and to become successful is difficult and