Blog #7: Post-Process

I think that unlike my formal essays this literacy autobiography was easier in some ways to write. I think that I was alleviated by the fact that I didn't have to synthesize information and try to sound smart. But I was left astray because I couldn't rely on critics or texts. I couldn't hide behind my academic voice. This literacy autobiography required me to rely on my memories and be honest. This made me uncomfortable. Because the class forced me to work on my project beforehand, I had some material to work with before I had to finish it. I had a running start and a direction. I think that what this project forced me to do was confront my personal inside voice and use it. Unlike my younger SI students who are much more comfortable asserting and inserting their voice in their academic work, I've been trained out of it. I can write an academic essay (perhaps not as well as in previous semesters), but creative works not so much. I can orally develop stories, I can talk about characters with my writing partner--Brenda, but I can't seem to physically get myself to write them down anymore. I think in some way I am afraid of being completely honest, and of being exposed. And, I think the solution is just to write.