Why Writers Write by

Background Information

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 05:06:50 UTC

The Didion stole the title for this talk, from George Orwell.

Didion’s Thesis Statement

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 07:24:34 UTC

Writers explore the unknowns within oneself and the world.

Writing is a self-disocvery

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Writing is an act of imposition

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Instruction of “shimmering images.”

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Writing is an exploratory process

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Sub-claim 1: Writing means a method of uncovering thoughts and emotions

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 07:59:07 UTC

Sub-claim 2: Writing helps learn significance of daily experiences.

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Example: Didion thinks of her childhood memories and various images.

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:04:03 UTC

Example Didion’s memory of Bevatron light

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Sub-claim 1: an imposition of the writer’s viewpoint

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Sub-claim 2: sensibilities in writing

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Example "I" in writing

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Example 2

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an invasion, an imposition of the writer’s sensibility on the reader’s most private space.

Sub-claim 1

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:14:37 UTC

The images appears in mind and writing helps guide narrative

Sub-claim 2

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:15:14 UTC

Images are not fully understood initially but writings can.

Example

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Image of a cat in schizophrenia

Example

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:17:08 UTC

Images in novels like Play It as It Lays or A Book of Common Prayer

Sub-claim 1

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:18:16 UTC

The writers do not know the end of the story until they write.

Sub-claim 2

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:18:26 UTC

Writing develops the characters and stories gradually in writing

Example in her book A Book of Common Prayer

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:20:20 UTC

She does not know plot and even characters in her beginning of writing in this book.

Example in her writing

rosejiaxinliu — 2025-02-17 08:23:01 UTC

She develops character names like Victor in writing process and gradually notices the plot.