SQR 6

Oscar Ramirez
Michael Silva
Eng 1320/1301
Tran Phan
10-05-10
SQR 6
Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience, Peter Elbow, College English, Vol.49, No. 1(Jan. 1987), pp 50-69
In the article the author points out that when we write we don’t really put any thought in to it. So we
just keep on writing and doing whatever we want to write and the author notices that we don’t just
keep on writing instead of us stopping and writing to a point where we make it understandable for the
other people. He talks about how we as writers don’t like to stall and wait for an idea. They want to
write papers that they know they can write to if they don’t like the teacher they don’t want a topic
based and the teacher due to the comments they might write. They want to write something that they
are good at and they can relate to for a better writing. When they write like that they sometime don’t
care what other people think other their writing. In the other hand it can be a good thing for some
People due to its affects that proof reading can actually help out them improve on some errors.











Oscar Ramirez
Michael Silva
Eng 1320/1301
Tran Phan
SRQ 6
Q: How does Audience awareness be helpful and hurtful when writing an essay?

R: In the article the way the author describes how writing notes on the side of an essay telling a student how they can improve how they can get a bit criticized because they never know how hard they worked on that paper and when they get it back it has notes that it was off topic or it didn’t have enough details. It depends on the student in how they take in the notes that someone wrote or someone told you how to change. Some students take it in as a self criticism when its only notes to help the writer understand that they did not write it correctly on some parts and they should take it in for they can make them better at what they are writing. The kids who took it in as a comment they used it as an advantage to better themselves to make them see the mistakes they made by themselves and how they can change it. But then again a student can look at it in a helpful way and really think about what is wrong and come up with something completely genius. It all really depends on how the person reacts to the help they get from the audience.