The effect of circumstances on writing is crucial to the quality and overall content of the work. Personally, there are a lot of factors that come into play: setting, rubrics, workload, and platform. Similar to most people (if not, all), Continue reading
In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf writes that a woman must have money and a room to be able to write a piece of fiction. For me personally, I also need a room with silence and no distractions. I am not Continue reading
Both Peter Brown’s World of Late Antiquity and Larry Hurtado’s Earliest Christian Artifacts discuss the spread of the Christian church and its cultural influence on its people; However, there are many differences between the two writings, stylistically and subject matter-wise. In Peter Brown’s work, Continue reading
“Always stay one step ahead of your enemies” has never been taken to a fuller extent than Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. He and his Medellin Cartel grew to be the largest cocaine corporation in the world during the late 80s-90s, Continue reading
Kerry Dirk defines the location of an essay as “among the situational elements that lead to expected genres and to adaptations of those genres in particular situations,” (Dirk 255). Location was definitely a factor while I wrote my college admission Continue reading
In the essay “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk, the writer illustrates the true meaning of genre to his audience by comparing writing to music genres, citing examples from other writers, and giving real life applications to using genres. Dirk’s attention grabbing Continue reading
Hello, my name is Andrew Felix, and I am a local from San Diego. I am looking forward to this class because I want to improve my writing skills. English is not one of my strong suits, so taking this Continue reading
