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The author-god, according to mid-20th-century language theorist Roland Barthes, embodies the Romantic notion of the artist to whom brilliant epiphanies come to be written down. In fact, at times throughout history, the best authors were believed to have been chosen and directly inspired by God himself.
Because of this cultural paradigm, many of us are deeply psychologically invested in the idea of individual genius authorship, and it manifests negatively in students’ approaches to their classes and other rhetorical situations that require critical reading and writing skills. How often do instructors hear students say, “I’m just not a good writer”? The idea of the genius author perpetuates the bad idea that some people are just born good writers while others are not.
Self-Motivation Strategies: Quick and Easy Secrets
Facing deadlines leads to different outcomes depending on your resiliency toward accomplishing goals or plans.
Procrastination loves to show up when you are on the line. Deadlines in college helped me get assignments done, uploaded and completed in a timely manner. The stress of procrastination often felt worse than the actual essay. How does this affect your mentality? Overloaded and burdened when things are not accomplished, we tend to push important plans aside to work with what is easier. Granted, getting the easier tasks out of the way first is essential, however, putting the hard stuff off only makes the work linger longer. Motivation is the rescuer in our world of hectic demands and schedules.
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