A Woman's Struggle

My favorite aspect of Virginia Wolf's novel called "A Room of One's Own" is the description of how difficult it was for a woman to actually write. She wasn't allowed to walk in certain places like the library and even some places outdoors. How could she get a feel for life if it was so limited? I thought it was really interesting that she also discussed the new ability for women to vote. For her to be unexcited about the new privilege says a lot. Even if women have the right to vote there are so many other aspects of a woman's life that will remain limited.

Dillard & Sanders

I enjoyed reading the excerpts from Dillard's and Sander's writings. It was comforting to me to know that these literary artists had such problems with figuring out what to write. Dillard's was my favorite, though I'm not sure why. I think maybe it's because she was so passionate about what her life as a writer was like at the moment. She described how difficult it was for her to get coherent thoughts down on paper. Whereas Sanders spent much of his time talking about where you write from; Dillard spend her time discussing what writing was actually like for her.

Metaphor About Writing

For me writing is like dancing. I love to dance and I'm ok at it but I'm still not very good. A professional dancer would not see my dancing as anything more than ordinary. I always want to better because I think it can be so much fun. However, when you're not really good at something it takes away from the appeal.

For me reading is one of my favorite things to do (the reason I took this class is because I knew I would get to read a lot). I've always wished I could be on the other side once in a while though... writing instead of reading. I'm not bad at writing; I just wish I was better and more creative.