Not every voice a great soliloquy makes, atruth at odds with the education of amny an American writer, with the education of this American of aparent, for instance, may acquire an intangible authority, even without being memorably angry or funny or possessing a beguiling equanimity. He cares; therefore, if he has tinkered enough with his words, we do too. -Edward Hoagland.
I found this quote to be interesting because I am not exactly sure what it is trying to explain. I think the main idea of Edward Hoagland's quote is that he is saying, if a writer or author of a piece of writing takes the time to change any of the words then it is considered to be an essay. In the beginning of the quote it also states that not every essay is going to be well-written, but non the less it is still an essay. I find it intriguing that the quote states that an American writer can become famous without characteristics that are evident in most popular and well-known people. Some of those characteristics are memorably angry, funny or being deceivingly calm about life in general. Even without those qualities you can be a successful writer as long as you care about the your pieces of writing. If what Edward Hoagland is stating that all you have to do is care about a piece of writing then it came make you a well-known author; then in theory if a five year old child writes a story about his life so far then he could become famous if he truly cares about his piece of writing.
This title of this quote is called The "Who cares?" Factor and I think I now know what that means. I think the point that Edward Hoagland is trying to get across is that anyone who takes the time to go over and revise and revise again over their own paper can create a well done piece of writing as long as they care about it. If someone writes something though and they edit and revise their paper it does not matter how many times they do it because if they do not care about the paper than the chances of the writing being successful is slim to none.
I found this quote to be interesting because I am not exactly sure what it is trying to explain. I think the main idea of Edward Hoagland's quote is that he is saying, if a writer or author of a piece of writing takes the time to change any of the words then it is considered to be an essay. In the beginning of the quote it also states that not every essay is going to be well-written, but non the less it is still an essay. I find it intriguing that the quote states that an American writer can become famous without characteristics that are evident in most popular and well-known people. Some of those characteristics are memorably angry, funny or being deceivingly calm about life in general. Even without those qualities you can be a successful writer as long as you care about the your pieces of writing. If what Edward Hoagland is stating that all you have to do is care about a piece of writing then it came make you a well-known author; then in theory if a five year old child writes a story about his life so far then he could become famous if he truly cares about his piece of writing.
This title of this quote is called The "Who cares?" Factor and I think I now know what that means. I think the point that Edward Hoagland is trying to get across is that anyone who takes the time to go over and revise and revise again over their own paper can create a well done piece of writing as long as they care about it. If someone writes something though and they edit and revise their paper it does not matter how many times they do it because if they do not care about the paper than the chances of the writing being successful is slim to none.
2 comments:
I've never heard of an essay that became famous and was written by someone who didn't care. So in that regard I'd say that you and Edward Hoagland are right. I have however known someone who wrote a piece of poetry for a class, and didn't really care about it, and was asked to have it published. So there is another side to the coin in other areas I think.
I would have to agree that in order to be successful, a writer must care about his work and how the words interact with one another. You definitely derived his purpose of the quote. My question is, "Did you follow his advice?" As I was reading through your piece, I found some simple mistakes in spelling, typos. I could understand what you were saying, but some sentences could be better phrased. Yes, I understand that it was one of our first assignments, but after reading such a piece and coming to this understanding, don't you think you should follow it in your own writing?
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