BP8

After reading Mr. Vonnegut’s chapter I have no idea what was up with me… I did not like his writing style at all. Maybe I was tired, I don’t know, but the saw-cutting-steel thing I could totally empathize with; that is definitely what I heard/read. However, when I re-read his portion (at a different time of the day) I really enjoyed his writing style and actually I see a lot of similarities between his and my own writing… oh my. This started to get me thinking about my own writing and how it read to them, how they perceived my writing because apparently if it were me at ten o’clock at night I would even hate my own writing! Hahahah!!When writing I don’t know what happens. I just write. In the matter of changing voice and style with different audiences I think I do to a certain extent. Well at least sometimes I try but usually in the middle of the paper my true voice comes out and through revising and revising my own style emerges instead of the “stale standard”. My style… seems to me very open ended. I mean that’s how I seem to write. I always catch myself writing open ended questions. This sometimes is the problem when I am supposed to be writing on a subject I am well acquainted with but I guess I just want everyone’s opinion. Perhaps we could come up with a conclusion together? With my voice, I don’t think I understand this concept very well yet. I am assuming it means to write how you would speak. If this is an extreme “duh” moment, I apologize. In this sense yes I do write how I speak, quite closely, and that gets me into a lot of trouble with my grammar, oops. Yea, grammar is definitely not my forte. K dokie, ttyl
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