I've enjoyed week one of the Open University writing course. So far, I have found this course very different to the Forensics course I am also doing through the OU. That course requires quite classic skills of research and analysis, whereas this one is much more oriented to being reflective and creative.
The task I found hardest was looking at the writing of others and seeing how they were portraying their characters. I also found it hard revising my own writing to try and take on board the things shown in that exercise.
The things I most enjoyed doing this week were parts 1.8 and 1.10. The first was about making notes, 'keeping track of useful details'. The second was comparing the genesis stories of several writers with your own. I was surprised how many things I did have in common with the other writers from the video in 1.10. Writing isn't a family thing for me, though. Neither of my parents, nor a far as I know any of my siblings, were interested in writing of any sort.
When I was at junior school my favourite teacher's most used phrase, when marking my English, was 'must write more'. I learnt to, in the end, but writing is still quite 'stop and start' for me. I have a good vocabuylary, I feel, and my grammar is acceptable. I spell well. These are positives, in my mind, Do I write well though? I can't judge it.
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