Just a note, keep everything in one place. This is something I’m learning I have to get really into and have my head utterly wrapped around. You don’t want to be scattered, and you don’t want to be stressed— consolidate, simplify, go forward.
Plath… troubled or truthful? That was my focus in this first reading. AND, her language. The way she gives us a picture of what’s around her, what it says to her, what the repeated messages and statements, guiding ideas (or “themes” if you wish) were in these initiating chapters.
If we’re talking identity, where do you see her having some identity, whether happy or sad, optimistic or pessimistic? Or as I always say: ‘yay-saying’ or ‘nay-saying’.
And writing, reading, what we want.. how to be better at both.
-Active reading… don’t rush. Speed-reading is STUPID
-Writing… first, love your voice. Worry about the mechanic and all the prettiness later. First, just move the pen, or start typing.
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