I read Cameron's Right to Write, and it was actually really intriguing. I enjoyed how she incorporated her own experiences into it so it felt more personal. I was convicted when she started talking about her love of writing, and also about Alan, the teacher. She got him to write every day even when he didn't feel like it and it eventually took him over and his love for writing even lit up him in his day job. I have lost my love of writing for days at a time every once in a while, and I don't get it back for weeks or sometimes even months. I plan to take her plan for Alan into my daily life so my love of writing illuminates my day to day life.
I also re-read the sonnet portion of the packet. Honestly, these poems felt more natural and worth more of my time than the others. The sonnets draw me in, make me feel, and their ideas stick in my head. The rest of the poems are read and done with a few thoughts, like : " Man, that was weird." "Ok, and the point was?" The Shakespearean sonnets struck me as the most inviting and honest poems and that is why I preferred them over the rest.
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