Monday: I wasn't at school on Monday so i can't really reflect on anything that was said, but as a substitute i can talk about someone i saw another day I guess? On Friday I saw Daphne Willis and she was amazing! All of her songs are so well written and catchy and she's become so successful yet she's so down to earth. I felt like she worked hard to get to the point she is at in her music and it is something she takes pride in.
Tuesday: Tuesday was all student writers. I really liked Tamar's piece about how she lost her best friend over a guy. I found it really easy to relate to. I also liked Nakendra's poems and wrote down one of her lines: " I'm too old to cry but she was too young to die." I LOVE THAT LINE! I felt like it stuck out and kind of summed up everything she was feeling. Also Unser was funny (as usual).
Wednesday: Sierra DeMulder! I'm not going to lie, when she first started I thought she was going to be really bad because something about her voice seemed fake and it annoyed me. But, as she spoke i got so lost in what she was saying that it didn't even matter. When she was talking about getting over a guy she said, "My body is a dead language and you pronounce every word perfectly." I wish i could think of lines like that...
Thursday: Music day! I thought everyone did really well. I think it was easy to tell who the better writers were and who were the better musicians, but when you have someone who is a good musician and a good writer it's magical.
Friday: Billy Lombardo! On the piece of paper i was taking notes on, the first thing i wrote down was "not a very good speaker." It seemed like when he started reading he read with no emotions but as he read on i realized that that's how in his mind the book should be read. He did put emotion into it but he saved it for the parts that needed it and overall he was a very good speaker. It's weird to think that every author has a way that they want their piece of writing to be read, yet the chances of us reading it 100% their way are slim to none.
Overall: I think if I had to "reflect" on writer's week i would say that i learned a lot. Writers like Sierra DeMulder show how writing can be more than just what's on paper. Her pieces aren't made to be read they're meant to be performed. I think in some way or another all pieces of writing are meant to be performed. For example, if you write a song obviously it's meant to be sung, but if you write a book it's soley meant to be read. No one is physically in front of you "performing" the book but think about what's going on in your head. The characters are there right? In your imagination? A writer's job is to perform for you, whether it be by inspiring your imagination or actually getting up in front of you. I guess i never really thought about that. Haha, gotta' love Writer's Week!
- Diana Huberty
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