EVANESCENCE

After five semesters as a BA English student, I have already come across various methods of workshops for writing poems, short stories, and screenplays. In re-reading Mary Cain's Re-Visioning the CW Workshop, I am surprised by how it focuses on an in-depth critical analysis of "how the text works," considering that the comments to be generated from the readers will only fit in three "strategies" which are the Observation, Interpretation, and Evaluation. 

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It is also intriguing how the model works, especially in writing nonfiction where the narration of the text centers from the point of view of the author. Despite the differences in the perspectives offered by the readers, it is fascinating how the comments resonate with the text and help improve "how the text works."

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However, what I find disturbing is how observations can easily affect the interpretation of the text. As an aspiring creative writer myself, I have some writing 'tics' that I do not yet notice unless it is pointed out, and the possibility of those 'tics' defining the meaning of what I am writing can be concerning. 

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My experiences in other CW classes informed my understanding of the OIE model in a sense that it highlights what the model focuses on, which is "how the text works," bearing in mind that this will be used for revising nonfiction works. It also led me to wonder how my previous revised outputs would have turned out if that question was asked, instead of "what works."