Facing Our Fear of Writing
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Presentation done at the 2014 NECTFL (NORTH EAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES) IN BOSTON, MA. March 29, 2014
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Facing Our Fear of Writing
- 1. NECTFL 2014 * BOSTON, MA. FACING OUR FEAR OF WRITING By Mónica Mulholland, Ph.D. George Mason University Fairfax, VA March 29th- 3:30-4:30
- 2. AGENDA * Brief intro on “writing agony” * How to turn this agony into productive writing * Process Writing in stages * Techniques & Practice * Samples from Nuestro Blog
- 3. A PRODUCTIVE WRITING ATTITUDE 1. Tolerance: To err is human, we learn by making errors. 2. Manageable expectations: Go for “Good” rather than “Superlative”.
- 4. 3. Discipline: Practice makes perfectly good 4. Involve the Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner’s Theory (1983). Linguistic Logical-mathematical Visual Musical Bodily-kinesthetic Intra-personal Interpersonal
- 5. 5. Turn down the volume of the Inner Critic Denise Jacobs, “Creativity Evangelist”, describes the Inner Critic as an aggressive and mean troll.
- 6. PROCESS WRITING IN STAGES: * Write in class (composition notebooks). Holistic grading (IB type): Content, Style, Language * Review following instructor suggestions. Students might have to submit a second draft * Post on blog
- 7. * Read and respond to a classmate * Out-of-the-classroom replies (i.e. from Argentina)
- 8. TECHNIQUES & PRACTICE 1. Observation What surrounds me? 2. Personal connection A. Finger prints B. Object/photo 3. Meditation and Mindfulness Walking meditation
- 9. SAMPLES FROM NUESTRO BLOG
- 11. Article from Revista: Conversación sin barreras
- 19. “If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer.” Ray Bradbury
- 20. BIBLIOGRAPHY Blanco, José A. Revista: Conversación sin barreras. 4th Ed. Boston, MA: Vista Higher Learning, 2014. Print. Bleichmar, Guillermo and Paula Cañón. Taller de escritores. Boston, MA: Vista Higher Learning, 2012. Print. Goldberg, Natalie. The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. Shambhala, 20013. Print. ---. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Shambhala, 1986. Print. Jacobs, Denise. Banishing Your Inner Critic. Creativity. September 20, 2011. Web, March 10, 2014.
- 21. LET’S KEEP IN TOUCH! Mónica Mulholland, Ph.D. mmulholl@gmu.edu Muchas gracias!
Editor's Notes
- Denise Jacobs describes the Inner Critic as a troll, aggressive and mean, who doesn’t care about our Grand Ideas. The troll has only one purpose: to prevent the ideas in our subconscious from surfacing to our consciousness and thus we can’t manifest whatever it is we are creating in our mind. The resourceful and clever troll employs many tools to complete its task, ranging from the subtle (distractions and boredom), to the complexities of perfectionism, to diminished confidence and a paralyzing fear of failure. Through the work of this troll, our productivity decreases, our ideas more often than not stay just at that stage, as ideas, and we end up believing we’re not good at writing, in this specific case.