The Stephen of King
Stephen King, a world renowned author selling over 350 million copies is an incredible feat. With this accolades in mind, it would make sense to closely follow suit to “Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules For Writer’s“. Some of the rules I agree with and some I never thought about it until King said it. In relation to our assignment to study our writer habits, I was not able to focus on my writing when listening to music. Meanwhile many others said they need music and cant be in silence when writing. King ended that debate rule 13 saying to “eliminate distractions”. I’ve mentioned before that I write music and god willing, someday it will help my bank account. But I started not for the idea of money but because it made me happy and relating to others. Rule 20 for King is writing should be a happy art not a draining one and to be creative and most importantly to be you. One rule that I will hopefully practice is rule 7 influencing the audience to read. I am not a reader contrast to my writing so that can help my weaknesses in writing according to King.
Tim Gillespie
In “Becoming Your Own Expert” by Tim Gillespie, he proposes an idea that I have personally experienced. My father is a English teacher for 6th graders in Brooklyn, New York. When I reached 6th grade, he often presented me work that he had me complete and he did himself to get an idea of what he expected from his students. In the moment I hated it because this man was giving me more work. But after reading Gillespie’s article, my father was trying to get on the level with his students which is a great way to teach kids. As Gillespie said, writing is a community and teachers taking part too is a great way to helps kids learn.
“When teachers write, we become partners in a community of writers, full participants in our classroom writing workshop.” – Tim Gillespie
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