Investigating Writers: Rupi Kaur, Milk And Honey

Writing can be frustrating when a writer like Gail Godwin knows her capability without expressing her true potential on the first draft. Godwin’s watcher replies to Godwin’s writing in regard to her writing that reads “fail”. Ironically the person that failed the writer was the writer herself. A writer needs these emotions to create new and possibly better ideas by branching

Writing may be an enthralling experience for one and a clever way to decompress for another. In general, however, writing has different purposes for a variety of people. “Why I Write,” written in the late 20th century by Terry Tempest Williams, describes various reasons for writing narrated from a female’s perspective. The short essay begins in the middle of the night with a woman engulfed in her own thoughts. She abruptly goes forth by reciting the multiple reasons why she continues to write in her life. Through a variety of rhetorical devices such as repetition, imagery, analogies, and symbolism, Terry Tempest Williams produces an elegant piece of writing that offers the audience insight into the narrator’s life and forces the audience to have empathy for the narrator with the situation she is incurring.

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”).

“Once you take time to figure out your beliefs about you as a writer, and about writing itself, you can begin to see where you hold yourself back from actually writing in the first place (Litchfield-Fink).” The article “The Real Reason Why You Can’t Write” by Esther Litchfield-Fink, is going over how people that want to write or be writers, are limited by their beliefs. Esther goes over a “secret” about writing that helps overcome this problem and can make anyone a successful writer. With being optimistic and having positive beliefs you can accomplish your goal of being a writer.

In believing that writing have soothing effects to “the fabric of personality (p. 4)” Karen Cangialosi targets anybody with an emotional problem to settle down and create a “cohesive personal narrative (p. 2).” As a result, people will make sense of their lives through their writings and truly experience the “healing through the written word.” Having her target be people with instability, Cangialosi’s article serves the purpose to a remedy for them.

It is impossible to produce a piece of writing without creativity and imagination. As the foundation of writing, these aspects of writing creativity enhance the learning experience of oneself and others. Creativity and imagination also serves a therapeutic function by enabling individuals to escape whatever harsh realities they may be forced to endure. In addition, extending far beyond the creation of literature or fiction, these unique aspects of writing also enable one to establish and strengthen their own expressions, empathies, and criticisms of themselves and the world around

Why does someone write? What makes authors that we enjoy to read, feel inspired to sit in a deep, state of self-reflection. As they ignore others around them, and focus on their own imaginations in monomaniac fashion ? Margaret Atwood’s “ Nine Beginnings,” attempts to answer the broad question of, “ Why do you write?” This is an essay where the author is having a conversation with herself and contemplating her thoughts about writing. Atwood acknowledges that writing is a process that is never ending, and a person needs self-confidence of their ability to write, in order to be a proficient writer. Margaret Atwood also believes that multiple accounts of failure are important for any writer. A person learns from their mistakes and the writer’s voice comes out more authentic to who the person is due to adversity.

“Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.” -Natalie Goldberg. As a writer, that’s one of the most relatable quotes I’ve come across. I tell my stories through someone else. My hopes, fears, past, and unrealistic dreams. I adore writing from past experiences and adventures I wish were real. I use to bottle things up. Then I discovered writing as a solution to express what’s rushing through my mind. Being bold with each word I peak onto the page. Writing has even guided me to becoming more outspoken. However I used to be even more timid than I am today.

Do we do it as a gratifying interest or is it a replacement for the emptiness or loneliness we feel? Everyone has a story to be told, but we all go about it in a different way or form just like two very well-known authors, George Orwell and James Baldwin. In the essay from “Why I Write” by George Orwell, the author presents his personal journey to becoming a writer. He also explores the reasons for why writers write and what they write. In addition, in the essay from “The Creative Process” by James Baldwin, the author presents writers in today’s society.

When I was younger, I used to really enjoy writing. For me, writing was an escape from the harsh reality of being an adolescent teenager. I would relinquish feelings that I wasn’t capable to express with people by utilizing my writing. So my creative writing style would have to be dramatic, because I would write about the many obstacles I have overcome and how I managed to overcome them. Although I primarily wrote to express my feelings, I also enjoyed writing fictional stories. Through writing fictional stories I was capable to let my imagination run amok. Nevertheless, writing dramatic stories to express my feelings, writing fictional stories was a different kind of escape for me. I get to be innovative through my writing and there are zero

Yagali's body shakes violently, as if she was a tiny leaf, in the midst of a giant storm. Her body was burning against the cooling night air. The land was quiet now, normally you could see the fireflies dancing above in the night sky with the stars softly twinkling, but tonight the stars weren't shining as bright and the fireflies were all gone. The ocean also seemed different; it was still lapping up against her ankles as it has always done, but now it feels so forbearing. Maybe it was because of her mother, who was lying against her, lifelessly.

The articles for the week, Shermer’s “Why Money Can’t Buy Happiness” and Hustvedt’s “My Mother,” offer perspectives on happiness informed by theories of evolutionary psychology. Shermer and Hustvedt examine what it means to be happy and how our brains can fool us into believing we enjoy something when we actually don’t. These readings come at a crucial pinnacle in the semester for me when introspection is often ignored. While other classes seem to be on the downward slope to finals, I feel I haven’t quite summited this writing course. There is obviously a purpose to the flood of open ended reflections and fast paced deadlines between articles. If the goal has to been to break a writer down, then it has undoubtedly been achieved. Instead of the demands of the class sharpening my pen and fine tuning my words, I’m starting to see my words as a jumbled mess of incoherent thoughts. My papers have become an alphabet soup I try to arrange to convey my thoughts and link the themes I see. But the more I write, the less letters there are to choose from. I’ve desperately wanted to learn how to improve my writing, but the more I learn the more I realize the affliction I have with the process entirely. The two chapters this week have revealed less about the process of good writing for me, but more on my own affliction with writing and its affects on my aspirational career as a social scientist.

I just wanted to say how I read your article for the Odyssey, "Why Being a Writer Is So Scary" and I can 110% relate to it. Literally I went to school for teaching then when I realized it wasn't for me I decided I was always passionate about writing but I never showed anyone my work. Once I decided I was a writer I started my own blog. I wrote a couple short screenplays but my work was "sad bullshit" like you mentioned in your article. It wasn't until I started meditating that I realized I should create work that should be positive & uplifting once I changed my goal my work drastically changed for the better. I know as you mentioned writing could be hard at times and I just thought we could try to share advice, songs, or tips with

can also supplement the process of imaginative writing. The philosophy and work of both Karen

Every writer has a different way of shaping his or her elements of writing, the different skills they possess in shaping those elements of writing differ from author to author. The best skills are the ones that get a person where they need to be to accomplish the highest amount of beauty within’ their writing. Fortunately, I have possessed some skills within’ my lifespan as those who write encrypting essays and marvelous works. In my writings, I tend to fall deep within’ a world of wonder. It’s almost like Alice when she fell down into the crazy world of wonderland and discovered the most precocious things. I’m able to come up with things quickly that come together nicely and shape a paper into the best form it can turn out to be. Writing or typing quickly and forming new fresh ideas for others to analyze, accept, and appreciate. I also am obsessed with writing a book the size of a bible for every piece of writing that I create. Some may say it is not a good habit, but I swear it’s one of the best ones that one could possess. I do fond writing over reading, but even then, I’m a sucker for love stories and mysteries. I must admit I’ve never cried so hard over a simple cliché novel as much as I did in “The Fault in Our Stars.” I really don’t mind the comments of how ridiculous or idiotic the book may seem to others, because to me, it was one of the many beautiful love stories that I