After hearing all four speakers I definately learned a lot about writing that I didn't know before. There are so many different forms of writing and each form speaks to the reader/audience in a different way. Poetry speaks to the reader through rhythm, sound, repitition and rhyme. It's like hearing a song or a melody when you read a poem. Sometimes you make up your own rhythm when it's a free verse poem. Oral storytelling really engages the audience and is a real experience becuase you can hear and see the presenter. You see their facial expressions and body movements and it makes the story that much more exciting and real. It is told directly from them and their point of view. Myserty creates a whole other world with made up characters and plots. If you are reading a good book you will get so lost in it you won't know how much time has gone by until 3 hours have passed. That's what I find so amazing how writing can take us to a whole other world. When we read something that really touches us in a certain way, makes us laugh, cry, smile, we lose oursevles for a little while. I think this is the beauty of writing, I think it's why writers write and why readers read. To get into that zone where you can't put a book down or read a poem that makes you cry or read a book over and over just because you love it that much. I want to know what makes this happen. What makes writing speak to readers? How does it grab their attention and lock them in? What is it about a piece of writing that makes the reader listen and react?
1/17 Speaker ****
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