The incredibly intense ten weeks are finally coming to a close, and my mind is fighting incredibly hard to wrap itself around the concepts I have learned. Luckily, Writing 2 has been the most entertaining. We began and ended the week with presentations. Yes, I learned about hedged language and fanboys and all that good stuff about the elements of writing, but I definitely looked at the bigger picture after the final presentation: we all learn from each other.
This was the best thing about the course. I never felt intimidated or thrown off by Zack's endless writing lingo or even by the advanced writers in the class. I always knew and felt that I could learn from everyone, while also offering a piece of my knowledge to them. It wasn't a one way situation where I couldn't take control of the wheel--everyone took turns driving in a street with U-turns and stoplights and all of the other elements that make driving incredibly complicated.
Writing is not easy, and with everyone's input, one can only go up from where they started. That's probably the best lesson I had ever learned from this class, even if there was some sick comics and videos that we took a look at.
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