The+Writing+Life

The Writing Life

1.4 / 1.14 Inchworm (Panicky Writer) 1.9 Honeybee / Algonquin woman 1.13 Monarch Butterfly 2 The Study 3.1 Chopping Block narrative 3.5 Sphinx Moth 3.10 Vision 4 Writer's Block 6 Ferrar Burn narrative 7 David Rahm narrative --> Ms. Wilson stressed going over __ all __ of the narratives in TWL since Dillard used so many of them. Also, understand how each of Dillard's rhetorical strategies supported her argument. **Just because Ms. Wilson identified these as key sections, it does not mean that your discussion couldn't be on something else.

Possible short arguments for chapters in The Writing Life: 1: Line of words A line of words leads the writer to the subject 2: The Study The study is where the writer can avoid distractions, the study should be unappealing. I have written down that it should be overwhelming, but I'm not sure... 3: Filling the page Filling the page is what the writer must do in order to complete the work. S/he must focus on filling the page (chopping block) rather than completing the work (wood). 4: I'm not so sure about this one... But the writers life consists of periods of dormancy where the writer cannot fill the page because of writer's block, and periods of intense productivity where the writer does fill the page. Is the typewriter analogous to the volcano? I don't understand this chapter... 5: Sentences are an aspect (specifically, the style) of the work 6: Completing the work In order to complete the work, the writer must overcome obstacles 7: Creating Beauty In order for the artist to create beauty, s/he must be tortured