Summary Of Ken Macrorie s Book Telling Writing

In the article from Ken Macrorie’s book Telling Writing we are introduced to this concept of Engfish. A language or a writing style that is developed as children grow up and are taught how to â€Å"write†. School has a way of socializing children, squishing the creative and vibrant minds they possess in an attempt to â€Å"standardize† and create â€Å"unity†. The imagination of a child knows no bounds in its earliest forms; trees can talk, colors can sing, and the most trivial of tasks can be great adventures. Macrorie states at the end of this article â€Å"But there is a way out.† the question becomes, what are those ways. A few suggestion could be free writing or even poetry classes that break the traditions norms of writing, where grammar and punctuation are almost completely meaningless. The focus of most English classes today are the grammar and the technicalities of writing that the meaning and the words are lost. Writing becomes a tedious a nd boring task when it should full of passion; it is stressful when it should be energizing. Writing just to write, writing long emails to friends, journals, or even letters are all but obsolete. The personal aspect of writing has been removed. Writing is now done out of necessity for the job or a class, the true meaning of expression has been taken away and standardized. Everyone has a strength and a voice, we are each unique and to taught to conform to writing norms create â€Å"dead† writing, paper with no voice, no passion, and no desire or hunger for