Need help with my Writing question – I’m studying for my class.
1- In her book, “Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Publishing Creative Nonfiction” Dinty Moore states that, “This basic lesson-remembering the reader who will see your words- is something you probably know already, but it is something worth reminding ourselves…”
This quote is a great reminder to ground ourselves in our writing. I often forget, when writing that the reader only understands what I tell them. I need to include background knowledge to provoke the emotion I want them to feel.
How can you make the reader feel your emotions? Is it easy for you to remember your reader?
2- In Dinty Moore’s “Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Publishing Creative Nonfiction” the author includes a quote from Ron Carlson
“All the good writing I’ve done in the last ten years has been done in the first twenty minutes after the first time I wanted to leave the room.” — Ron Carlson
Moore, Dinty W.. Crafting The Personal Essay (p. 200). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Personally, this quote hit home for me because I need to be inspired in order to write. When it’s required to be completed by a certain date or restricted to a certain subject it becomes a strenuous task. Whereas when I have more freedom and time to allow myself to become inspired to write, I think I write my best work. My question would be does anyone else experience this feeling? If so, what do you do to counter it? Tough it out or create some method to stay motivated?
3- Chapter 18 of Crafting the Personal Essay is in regards to travel and writing about travel. The author believes travel is a great source of inspiration for nonfiction writing, but it is easy to sound mundane when overemphasizing unimportant details in an attempt to cover everything. The quote, “Though I understand where the notion comes from, I must admit my frustration with travel essays that reveal little more than, ‘I went to this exotic location and boy it was different!'”
The quote got me thinking, when writing nonfiction, what details would a reader consider superfluous? Are there any in the first place?
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