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DEBATE CLUB!
DEBATE CLUB!
Since there were some issues with my first thread on this, I'm starting over with this new one!
Okay, so here are the rules:
1. Respect the other side, even though you disagree.
2. No judging, please.
3. Feel free to suggest ideas!
4. Always ask for permission before doing anything that I might not be okay with.
5. There is no sign-up deadline. Even if we're already starting, you can jump in. Just make sure you clarify your position.
The first topic will be reading vs. writing.
Here is a list of people who already signed up, and where they stand.
Ellie - undecided
Pete the Trollslayer - undecided
Bookbug - reading
Forrest - undecided
True - writing
J.B.E. - undecided
Phantom of the Opera - undecided
Danielle P. - undecided
Corina - undecided
S.E. - undecided
SAVVY44x - undecided
pin name - reading
Nora the Singer (me) - writing
So, if you haven't joined or you see the word "undecided" next to your name, comment below! Reading or writing? May the best team win!
submitted by Nora the Singer
(August 19, 2014 - 6:02 pm)
(August 19, 2014 - 6:02 pm)
No mean to intrude, but darling the story is NEVER over. It lives with you forever.
(September 2, 2014 - 7:24 pm)
I disagree that people can only be in the world they are writing about until the work is finished. Because the work is not only on paper, but also in the author's head, and they might have to wait a little until writing down the finale, long ago planned details. And also, if they have to wait till the end, that means they have to read it. All of the important details will be remembered in the head, as they write it.
Also in favor of writing, there were many people in history who could't write and could only sign their names in "X" and couldn't write letters to their families. What they would have given to be able to write! Yes, if you can read, you may be able to write, but the art of writing needs to be perfected upon, it's not "Oh, I can read that word, I must be able to write it" if one has never written a word in his life. And the print used in books is not the only things that people write - handwriting and sursive, short hand, calligraphy. All of those are different sorts of writing that aren't normally used in books. You can't just pick up a pencil and start the writing. The calligraphy, especially, is an art that you need or practice; it's not something that can be done in one day or with anything. And handwriting of everyone is unique- it's a way to show who you are. Reading doesn't bring that uniqueness to everyone. Everyone reads at different levels and has different tastes, but they read the same: by sounding out the letters and words in their heads or out loud.
Signatures, little, usually illagible marks, have so much meaning to people. Just by signing something or another, you can really put so much meaning to it. Checks, documents, promises. There's a reason that forging signatures can be a crime.
(September 1, 2014 - 6:15 pm)
You fail to address my 2 points.
(September 2, 2014 - 1:14 pm)
Can you repeat them, please? (I'm not required to, as yours were not the last point made, but would like to try anyways.)
(September 2, 2014 - 6:12 pm)
* streches arms and yawns, sipping hot chocolate *
Reading's cool, yeah, but look at it this way : weave a scarf or look at one . Make or observe ? Play on the team or cheer from the sidelines ? Reading isn't so involved . Writing is summoning courage, ideas, plot, characters, and creating a story. Reading is caussuly observing from the sidelines as the characters tear themselves to pieces . Writing is making sure they get a good ending.
* Turns and walks out to get a refill *
(September 2, 2014 - 7:36 pm)
Here they are
1. We write so that people can read.
2. Reading is for everybody, writing is for those who have a ability to do so well.
(September 3, 2014 - 8:59 am)
All right.
1. Sure, but it goes the other way. If you can't read, you can't write.
2. Not so. You don't have to do it well. And I myself cannot write as well as I like, yet I can write for myself. I can write stories that I want only to show myself, and be pleased. They are my work. I have something to be proud of. And if I can't write them, I can do so in essence. Half of writing is the planning, I can write the story in my head, memorize it. Keep it for me in me.
(September 3, 2014 - 7:50 pm)
Very well said, True. I completely agree.
(September 4, 2014 - 12:11 pm)
Thanks! :)
(September 4, 2014 - 6:07 pm)
Evryone has the chance to write, and some people don't read as well as others, they don't grasp the full meaning, they don't understand the beauty of a book.
(September 3, 2014 - 12:08 pm)
I think that we should do something else. I think reading and writing are too too similar. You can't really compare them.
(September 3, 2014 - 3:05 pm)
Thanks for the input!
(September 4, 2014 - 12:12 pm)
WRITING!!!!!!!!!!
(September 3, 2014 - 6:06 pm)
Is it too late to join?
If not, I'm on Reading!
(September 4, 2014 - 9:40 am)
It's never too late! Start arguing when you're ready!
(September 4, 2014 - 6:35 pm)