Presentation

i have never really thought of writing as a tool for good and evil. I have always thought of it more as an assignment or a means to an end. But after Mrs. Hedengren's presentation i saw that it can be used for bad or good, and i need to remember to use it for good. Being at BYU, she assumed that we all wanted to be honest and true in our dealings with fellow men. She also assumed that we wanted to become better writers because we were at a writing seminar type thingy. Her claims and reasons were built around these assumptions. She claimed that good writing is writing done for the right reasons. To support her claim she talked about all the positive benefits of good writing. She told personal stories and asked for stories from the audience, which i quite liked. It gave us a chance to reflect on why we write. As i'm reflecting right now i realize that i'm writing this so i can have a better grade in my class, sounds like i need to listen to her lecture again. Well, writing is a process, line upon line, precept upon precept. I'm working on having good intentions when i write. Now i'm getting off that tangent and back to her lecture. The reasons she gave were that through good writing, we can gain humility, charity, clarity, and stick-to-it-ivity, and that writing is a valuable way to serve. She then went through each virtue and told how writing helped her gain them in her life. Overall, it was a good lecture and i gained a valuable perspective on writing and why we write and for what reasons we should write