Alex Franolich Rhetoric Blog

As opposed to standard high school essays wherein the student must relate writing tools to specific text, this assignment encourages students to choose their own texts to research as well as authors themselves to discuss certain texts with. The purpose of researching and interviewing the texts and authors is to familiarize the students with an entire  genre's  writing style as opposed to only one specific author's style in only one specific text. It's a more personal assignment compared to ones from high school as well, lending itself to the students' major/goals concerning their own writings. It never occurred to me that there were academic writings specifically about different literary genres. Why are we citing in APA format? Are the interviews supposed to be in person or can they happen through a call instead?

In my writing, I tend to use passive language more often than not. It's something I want and need to fix, and I hope this and future classes will help with that. That being said, in the past I've felt that my grammar was frequently better than that of my peers, making it a point of pride. I know I can still do better, though, and my primary goal is to simply improve all my writing skills, even if it's a barely noticeable change. Considering creative writing specifically, I want to become better at simply writing. Currently, I find it difficult to actually sit down and write for a long period of time without getting distracted and consequently losing my train of thought. Forcing myself to write in any capacity, whether for class or myself, is the first step to getting anything published, after all.