Rigid Rules... I Hate Writers Block

 Writers block happens when a writer runs out of ideas. It can happens to almost anyone. Causes of it can come from lack of knowledge in a subject, lack of inspiration, or even a lack of interest in the subject one is writing about.


 Rose said that writers block often ended up causing the students to rush through paper and work, often causing low grades. This also caused students to doubt their ability as a writer. She believed that writers block was caused by emotions such as fear and anxiety.

Rigid Rules: Process what you are reading and understand that you will not get it right away, that understanding the reading comes with time. Use past learning to help you get through your work. they are learned through experience from what you are taught and from what you pick up on. The use of flexibility can help one get through a hard spot in a reading/writing. They are rules that you will learn throughout your life. They can also make you lose you momentum in the midst of your work.

  Causes of Writers Block According to Rose:
1.Fear 2.Anxiety 3.Insecurity 4.Difference of a Cognitive style 5. Melding of Emotion and Cognition.
6. The inability to decide what you want to write about. 7. Scrapping your ideas do to a deadline and having to rush through it instead of taking your time.

More Causes of Writers Block:Lack of interest in the topic. Lack of knowledge in a subject. Struggle to come up with a opinion or how to back it up. Distractions while you are trying to write. Unable to express ones true feelings about a piece.

  When looking at these, I suffer from anxiety because I fear the worst and hope for something in between good and bad when I am writing. I need to be able to know that I will get the best grade on a essay, otherwise I am scared to death that I will get a shitty grade.

To over come such a block one can ask for help, take a break from a subject, or write down ideas. It also helps to make a plan, before you start writing, of what you will do if you are hit with writers block.

Crazy Little Rant About Something Something School Literacy

 What is School Literacy? In my humble opinion it is how you are able to handle yourself in school and how you adjust to a school's policy and grading process. When Rick Evans uses it in his article, he is talking about how a student develops when they receive a reading and writing experience.

 Good Reading is when you read a article or book and you can understand the point of the reading. It is when you have a good understanding of it and can think back on what happened clearly, or at least you are able to come up with the person's reason for writing, who is the piece for, and how this can help you in the future.

Example: When you read Twilight by Stephen Myer, you understand that it's purpose was to make girls desire vampires and werewolves as their boyfriend, while also ruining both monsters for horror fans. Example 2: When you read any book one history you understand that you will be learning about something that took place years ago and that the way it is written and who the history favors, is determined by the writer.

Good Writing is when you are fully able to explain you opinion on a subject, and the reader is fully able to understand your reasons for the writing.

Example: A report on Twilight saying that it is racist while giving reasons why, such as the white vampires being rich, respected, and intelligent, while the Native American werewolves are somewhat dumb, poor, and treated as outcasts.

A problem with Good Reading and Good Writing is that, to everyone they define different things. One thing might be good to one person, but a piece of crap to another. Opinions on it changes from person to person.

School, according to Evans, makes the student not want to read or write, because if they can not get good grades, they believe that they are not good at either reading or writing and just give up on it.

Because of school, I've grown to love reading. Every day I read for at least 30 mins. I fully agree with Evan's theory because I've seen people struggle in a subject and just give up on it. I pretty much did that in math for 3 years because no matter how hard I worked, I always got bad grades.

Well that is it for my first blog. Sorry if it is not good, I am still working on it and this picture of a school should be the background, but I don't know how to do that yet. If you have some tips or want me to write about something let me know. Thanks =).