In today's reading the author approachs the fact that writers, because they express unpopular viewpoints, are criticized. But he encourages us to write those things that others may not agree with. He uses as an example the excellent photographs of Aanie Leibovitz in her collection Women because they challenge the sterotypical notions of femininity and feminine beauty.
In the Section "For Further Reflection" he encourages writers to be willing wo weather ridicule by approaching innovative or controversial ideas and unconventional manners of new expression. He also advises us to be confident in our convictions but at the same time be willing to consider the some of our views or the manner in which we express them might need revision.
The "Try This" assignment for today (again won't have time to get too) is:
1. In a journal entry, describe in detail someone whose appearance or behavior unsettled you.
2. What do you instinctively turn away from? Homelss persons? People whose physical appearance or manner of dress you find distasteful? List everything you can think of that you ignore or avoid. Now, write a story in which you make a hitherto unsavory character the hero.
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