Abby Jiminian- First Blog Post

I choose to make my first journal entry about the article written by Donald M. Murray All Writing is an Autobiography because the piece really stood out in my eyes. At first I was not entirely aware where the writing piece was going to go and it confused me. I did not know what Murray meant when he said that all writing is an autobiography. I found it interesting that the article stated that the way we write is autobiographical. After I analyzed this quote I understood exactly what Murray was alluding to. When we write our voice and tone come across the narrative. In a way all pieces of writing are bias because everyone has a unique writing style and when you express your argument, opinion or facts it is all written by your point of view. Even a purely factual piece has pieces of bias because the direction a writer can take can side with different views on that topic. As humans we are very habitual organisms, we like patterns and routines. This was something Murray said is shown in the way we write. Murray said we write in patterns returning to topics we have previously talked about or enjoy. Which is completely true. People tend to write about things that bring them joy or passion and is a true interest of there's. It makes no sense to write about something that does not interest you or make you want to write more about it. We have certain interests and going back to those same interests to write about promotes writing with true passion. 

As Murray continues he mentions that we learn from people dying because they allow us to learn how we live. This stood out to me because I believe Murray is trying to state that through losing someone we see our lives differently and have more drive to live out as best as we can. In a way when someone passes and they have accepted their fate, it's a time of reflection and appreciation for the life the time they had on Earth. When you encounter someone in that predicament lots of wisdom is to be gained. While this directly did not talk about writing style I think Murray was trying to add his own philosophy on death. The article touches upon the idea that we are what we write. A writer can shape themselves through the language they use. Our tone and voice is expressed in every piece of writing that stems from our brain to our fingertips. The way you write a piece is different to the way someone else does showing how unique and diverse everyone’s ideas are. In the last paragraph Murray said that “Fiction is a liars profession”. This made me think a lot and it I am not entirely sure what Murray means by this. To me I think he means there's a lot of fibbing and added drama to fiction. However, I’ve always seen fiction as a form a writing that is imaginative and very different. I am not sure if this was supposed to be negative or positive towards fiction. I also think that maybe Murray had the intention to confuse everyone and wanted everyone to hang on this phrase. Murray could be saying that fiction may have a lot of hypocrisy and not be a true representation of a writer because they are trying to fit an image or a narrative. 

While this may be a little unconventional for anyone that reads this blog post I want you to answer what you think Murray meant when he called “fiction is a liars profession”? I want to see what others gather from this quote and your interpretation.