Storylab Week 12

Writers Write

Why Method Writing Makes You a Better Author  Amanda Patterson

Actors use method acting--- some do, only the really intense and traditional ones. The definition of method acting also sucks. Method actors do not leave their character and live. Their definitions basically just normal acting. 

Their perspective about using method for writing is interesting though. I think it is already good writing. I don't remember the exact quote but basically it says every character an author writes has a piece of them. SO is this version of method writing real? Or is it just normal writing? Does this author know what method is? 

What's the Difference between an Autobiography or Memoir? Amanda Patterson

So I read this because I recently read an article that life is sexist (who would have thought) and that women writing about their life are more likely to be filed as memoir and men are more likely to be filed as an autobiography even though they site themselves more. Women can barely mention themselves and still be filed as a memoir. Annoying!

Me

Autobiography's have to be focus on an entire life, the feel of a historical document, specific dates, and written by a famous person.

A memoir can be written by and one and is representation of a memory. It focuses on a memory and more emotional. They are not interchangeable. 

I bet why women are filed more as memoirs because people think they are more emotional and that's so annoying.

Story Lab: Words

Ted Ed Videos: Grammar

I love grammar. Celts in Britain were protected by the Romans from the Angle Saxon until the Roman Empire fell apart. The, the island was invaded and Old English was formed. Old Norse eventually worked its way in with Viking influence. French aristocracy also brought in Latin and French influences. They usually were to sound fancy. Peasantry has a connotation in Saxon original words, and nobility connotations has its origins in French and Latin.

Tense tells past, present, or future. Simple is not continuous or ended. Imperfect is ongoing. Perfect is completed. These rules work with every tense. Other languages have different tenses. Some do not have tense. Are there different ways of looking at time?

Many books have created Cong Langs, Constructed Languages-- like Tolkien's Elvish. They are real languages because they have real grammar. Also, they change over time and become many languages. Also, they have exceptions.

There are 170,000 words in English vocabulary. About half of it's words are stolen from other languages. English lends words to other languages too. Also, it combine words too-- spork. Obsolete words also get new meanings or the opposite meaning through irony. Ordinary people make the decisions of what words catch on.

The semicolon can exert more force than a comma. It can join independent clauses that at are connected, bringing fluidity to paragraphs.  But, don't put them in front of a conjunction.

When showing possession apostrophes belong next to the noun. But after s is an stylistic issue. Just stay consistent. Also, its only takes an apostrophe when it is a contraction.

There are few linguistic universals. Differences on these are debated. Writing was standardize very recently of one way to speak. Speech is much more adaptable because we use it quickly. Descriptiveness gives an insight to the way mind sight works. Grammar is a mind sight of life.

Words

Author's Note

So I love Grammar--- give me some sentences to diagram, so I chose to watch these videos. However, I enjoyed the history of language videos more. My favorite parts of my Latin class is learning words that have come from my vocab words. It was interesting to learn about other words origin stories. 

Bibliography

Does Grammar Matter?- Andreea S. Calude