Hey everyone! This is LaVel Moorehead: writer, reader, book blogger extraordinare! This is part two of the Keith Hjortshoj notes. :D Again, I'm posting notes in bullet form and then commenting on the end. I still need to make an ending comment about Hjortshoj and his definition of WB, so I'll get to that in this blog. Read on. :-)
-Hjortshoj wants to move away from WB as psychological disorder (8)
-WB (Hjortshoj’s definition) = capable, motivated writers who seem incapable of completing certain kinds of writing projects (8)
-task at hand often critical to
- writer often has too many ideas to put down on page
-writing not purely menial, thinking in itself doesn’t produce writing (9)
-both mental AND physical excercise (10)
-ex: F.M. Alexander (Australian Actor) lost voic b/c he stood a certain way thinking that he would project voice but he failed to do so properly (10)
-blocked writers often “very industrious” (11, hmm!) :)
-Chapter 4
-avoid editing while you compose
-editing breaks natural flow of writing, writer can feel immobilized while doing it
-many blocked writers edit and become frustrated
-some people need plans (outlines) before writing, some don’t; anthropologist Cliffort Geertz wrote and abandoned outlines when necessary (41)
-”If you feel that you are not able to write up to that standard you imagine the world has set for you, in theory you should be able to lower that standard to the point at which writing becomes possible, even easy.” (Don’t let conscious self get in the way! 51-52)
-Chapter 5: Transitional Blocks in Undergraduate Studies
-Belief: undergraduate students avoid WB because they can “adapt to changing expectations” (don’t know if I agree or disagree, 59)
-transitional blocks “positive” in writing process
-blocks may result from “confusion”
-confusion = complex issues can be simplified into brief sentences, clarity
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