Hi everyone --
My name is Victoria Bond and over the past few months I have been a devoted constant reader! The work I've read leaves me filled up and excited, so it doesn't really leave me at all. My favorites include Duma Key, 11/22/63, On Writing, and It. Through these works and others I feel I've understood myself better and the world too! I've also been going through a difficult time and in my personal and professional life staying engaged by Steve's work has helped me to keep my head in the game.
When I graduated from college Steve was my commencement speaker and I had a chance to meet him. At the time I had no idea what to say or what questions to ask because I was so nervous and freaked. Some thirteen years later I want to kick myself. And I probably do too often anyway. One of the things I was most touched by in 11/22/63 was the text's attitude toward teaching and its admiration for those folks whose creative energy is predominantly spent helping others (students) to tap into their own creative selves as the starting point for deep and meaningful learning. I've been a college freshman composition instructor for ten years and I've been writing during that time and managed to get a novel published. Right now Steve's work has been helping me to forge a way for these two lives to speak to each other (my teaching gig & my writing life) and not just be antagonists. Reading Steve instructs me as a writer and helps me teach prose writing better. That being the case, what I would ask Steve now is the other side of the case, from the student's perspective.
Dear Steve,
What do you think are the most valuable takeaways for students in high school and college writing and lit courses?
Thanks,
Vicky
My name is Victoria Bond and over the past few months I have been a devoted constant reader! The work I've read leaves me filled up and excited, so it doesn't really leave me at all. My favorites include Duma Key, 11/22/63, On Writing, and It. Through these works and others I feel I've understood myself better and the world too! I've also been going through a difficult time and in my personal and professional life staying engaged by Steve's work has helped me to keep my head in the game.
When I graduated from college Steve was my commencement speaker and I had a chance to meet him. At the time I had no idea what to say or what questions to ask because I was so nervous and freaked. Some thirteen years later I want to kick myself. And I probably do too often anyway. One of the things I was most touched by in 11/22/63 was the text's attitude toward teaching and its admiration for those folks whose creative energy is predominantly spent helping others (students) to tap into their own creative selves as the starting point for deep and meaningful learning. I've been a college freshman composition instructor for ten years and I've been writing during that time and managed to get a novel published. Right now Steve's work has been helping me to forge a way for these two lives to speak to each other (my teaching gig & my writing life) and not just be antagonists. Reading Steve instructs me as a writer and helps me teach prose writing better. That being the case, what I would ask Steve now is the other side of the case, from the student's perspective.
Dear Steve,
What do you think are the most valuable takeaways for students in high school and college writing and lit courses?
Thanks,
Vicky
