Midterm Reflection

My view of creative non-fiction has expanded since the beginning of the semester in that I have learned about different fashions in which it can be written. I have certainly given more thought to the use of humor and sentimentality in my writing of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as the possible value of experimentation within these forms.
Reading the work of other creative non-fiction writers and learning more about creative non-fiction has definitely reminded me to keep a distance between myself and my writing. For years I have enjoyed reading and writing both poetry and fiction, but creative non-fiction is not a medium I can claim a total familiarity of. That being the case, the course has allowed me to sample a form of writing which I might not have otherwise examined so closely. I plan, for instance, to purchase Dave Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty One Day, a book I have seen on the shelf at Target for years but never knew enough about to examine further.
The blog assignments have forced me to think about the learning process I undergo throughout the semester, thus making the course more productive. The questions prompt me (hence the name "prompts," I suppose) to give thought to my work and guide me in thinking about how to improve it. The blog assignments will probably prove most beneficial when the time comes to revise work for my final portfolio.