Morning meeting and writers workshop
Good morning or evening – Last week I wrote about Bazz – and realized just how deeply I am touched by her passion for Pershing. Within the last few days I wrote about an issue I was having with one of my brothers – a sort of Ground Hog day occurrence that needed to change. Through a brief stint of writing, I was able to uncover some of the underlying issues and some possible solutions to moving forward. So I’m still pondering Lucy Calkin’s case for her underlying premise of the Writing Workshop, i.e., writing begins with lifework. She quotes John Cheever – “When I begin to write, I found this was the best way to make sense of my life”. The following questions arise out of this simple, profound statement: Is writing about one’s life, the first necessary step on the journey to becoming a writer? If I don’t write about my life, will I be less able to make sense out of it? Is providing students opportunities to write about their lives giving them a wa...