Revision

After reading the article written by James Drisko it helped me realize my standards for revising. I will make sure that I let my writer know the strengths and weaknesses of their document. Also as far as the weaknesses I will make sure I point out exactly where I have a problem. I think in order for the writer to understand why I have a problem I need to let them know where I got lost at and why, in addition to what I understood and what I didn’t. I must be really respectful as I would like anyone to be for any of my writings. Of course I think that some proof reading is important for things that are not set in dialect. Not necessarily the way the sentences are wrote but something like spelling.

Stephen King Response

I wasn't that surprised to see that vocabulary was the first "tool" of writing and grammar was the second, however i was surprised as to what he said about vocabulary. I though it was important to try and choose your vocabulary depending on your audience. He said the first word is always the better word. After i thought about it i found it to be true. Because usually when i write and i change the word i always go back and put the first word because i liked it better. But i guess it all depends on your audience. One more thing i found surprising was that King said paragraphs were more important than sentences. I thought that without good sentences the paragraph couldn't work.

Memoirs

After reading the article about memoirs i came to two conclusions; i think one it is very important to tell the truth inside ones memoir, and two i think it takes the combination of a memoir and a autobiography written by a bias outside source to make a good piece of history. First of all i think memoirs are great because it usually can eliminate the possibilities of lies and over exaggeration of a persons life. This of course is only possible if the author is honest and open with the reader. On the other hand the reader can relay on the outside source to tell the complete truth because there cannot be any harm done to the author for telling the whole truth. Also the only way a good memoir can be written is if the author is being completely honest.....especially on the most important and story changing information.

Response to First Person Female

First of all this was a great topic that i never even thought about. Harrison hit on a lot of different prospectives, and brought in a lot of topics or ideas surrounding the main point. In my on personal opinion i think it all depends on the message the author is trying to expose and the surrounding circumstances, when it comes to men posing as women and vice versa. Some men and women attempt to do this, and sometimes it can come very close when they have been around the opposite sex all their lives and have studied them for a extremely long period of time. The author will start by laying the background information in to place such as the gender, age, race, childhood, hobbies, education, social status, and etc. By applying this and public persona to the character the author can come very close to successfully capturing the voice of the opposite sex. However, when it comes to the psychological point of view the text becomes harder. I think it is difficult for a men to have full access to the thoughts of a women like Harrison mentioned and vice versa. This is usually when stereotypes come into to play. The author tries to write off the typical man or women and sometimes this makes it hard to be original. This is not always a problem because some documents can get away with this when they main focus is to criticize a aspect of reality that is pretty much dominant in a culture. However this can also be a set back because in certain situations it is hard to determine exactly how that sex feels about the subject. So in the end i think it can be done depending on the situation and circumstances surrounding the story. Its not always possible to reach every audience member but in some instances the author can satisfy some.