Comments on: Write What You Know http://gigigriffis.com/writing/write-what-you-know/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:35:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brief Roommate http://gigigriffis.com/writing/write-what-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Brief Roommate Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:26:03 +0000 http://gigigriffis.com/?p=3265#comment-426 Hate mail? Really? What is there to hate...your precious furry piece of puppy awesomeness or your links to hilarious Dilbert comic strips? People need to get a life. Numbers 1 and 2 make me think we had the same college writing instructor...I think this entry is almost verbatim part of one of his earlier lectures, during which he asserted that the only surefire way to get better as a writer was to write a lot and to read a lot (I think you are going strong on this one;-). I really miss being in classes where it was homework to write poetry and non-fiction ruminations on interesting places and post-modern short stories. Like...really, I get to sit in Starbucks people watching and then write about their oddities and outfits and choices of beverage and ponder the cultural impact of commercialized coffee? And you will give me a grade on this? Is this some magical joyful land of academic happiness? Hate mail? Really? What is there to hate…your precious furry piece of puppy awesomeness or your links to hilarious Dilbert comic strips? People need to get a life.

Numbers 1 and 2 make me think we had the same college writing instructor…I think this entry is almost verbatim part of one of his earlier lectures, during which he asserted that the only surefire way to get better as a writer was to write a lot and to read a lot (I think you are going strong on this one;-). I really miss being in classes where it was homework to write poetry and non-fiction ruminations on interesting places and post-modern short stories. Like…really, I get to sit in Starbucks people watching and then write about their oddities and outfits and choices of beverage and ponder the cultural impact of commercialized coffee? And you will give me a grade on this? Is this some magical joyful land of academic happiness?

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