Reading for 9/30

This chapter of Hazel Smith's The Writing Experiment provided helpful methods for structuring writing, and therefore preventing monotony and predictability. I enjoyed the method of simultaneity because it gives options as to how to read the text and thus produces different outcomes. I also appreciated the recognition of normal pieces of writing, such as tourist brochures or website advertisements, as satirical opportunities. Furthermore, the rearranging and reconstruction of a piece of writing is near limitless and produces countless opportunities for the formation of new pieces.

I did find parts of Sleeping with the Dictionary to be rather abstract; however, I did appreciate Any Lit which plays with sound as we were assigned to do for next class. I also enjoyed Coo/Slur due to Mullen's ability to convey color words by combining other words of no association; I found it to be quite creative. I did not totally understand what Mullen was aiming for in Elliptical. I thought the concept of simply combining only the beginnings of phrases was interesting; still, I am unsure as to whether it is successful or not. It did cause me as the reader to finish the phrases on my own which did create interesting results on my part. I, therefore, conclude that Elliptical is only as successful as the reader makes it.

The link to Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons appeared broken; therefore, I could not access that reading.