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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)
I would join it, Masked Piester!
(August 27, 2014 - 10:01 am)
Toppy toppy tooooooooop.
(August 24, 2014 - 5:46 pm)
Reading.
A) you don't need to worry about spelling errors, plot errors, etc.
b) a collection of books is always in style.
C) there's nothing like a good book on a winter day
Many apologies for not writing in sooner.
(August 25, 2014 - 5:39 pm)
I'm sorry, NONE. I was the one to post under your name. It just... I don't know. I shouldn't have done it, and I am very sorry. But Nora, you don't have to get so mad at NONE!
NONE, you seem... Joe The Stickfiddler-esque, so I wanted you to judge but... I'm sorry. Just, Nora, don't get so mad at him!
(August 26, 2014 - 8:41 am)
Can I join? But on the next round, because I like both reading and writing. :)
(August 26, 2014 - 4:47 pm)
I'm not Joe, but I am a boy.
Au revoir, Nora, and thank you, NOT NONE, for clearing that up.
(August 27, 2014 - 6:58 am)
Yes , Phantom of the Opera , I see your point about not needing to edit, but with writing you have the ability to create your own worlds, bring life to strange ideas, sharing them by writing so they aren't quite so strange. In reading, you don't have to check if the book is your level. You MAKE it your level. When writing a book, you experience it in a way no reader ever does ( unless, of course, they are also an author ) . You understand each character, each moment, each twist and tangle in the plot. Instead of rushing through it, you weave it together in your own style with your own words, thoughts, and ideas. There's an immense feeling of satisfaction when you finish a wonderful, dramatic, hilarous scene. I don't think you can get that by reading.
I know I proably started too early, but when Phantom put up that comment , I couldn't resist .
(August 27, 2014 - 8:45 am)
Ahh yes, but, my dear, when reading a good book, one gets sucked into the world of the characters. You feel their pains. You are both embarrassed and proud for them. You understand what it is like for the character. Or learn what it is like. When writing, one is constantly correcting the work before, and gets tired of reading the same thing over and over. When reading, there is always something new. No repeated lines, no unedited script. When reading one may not catch as many details as when writing, but I like viewing my picture when it has been painted. Not when it was being painted. For during the writing process, there are many ugly scenes. Reading, however, (unless studying frantically for a test) is the viewing of the painted picture. It is complete, and all loose ends are in order to be tied up. When writing, the loose ends are all tangled up into a huge messy clump. One panics about how it is ever to be finished. How all the darned ends are to be untangled. How one can even possibly write another darned word. Reading is better when one is too sick to be schooled, but not sick enough to be eating grape Popsicles and watching documentaries that bore one out of one's mind. Reading comforts ones soul if going through similar hardships as the characters. When writing, you can only HOPE that the point gets accross.
I had to reply first on that. My nature in a nutshell. So, Nora, please don't be mad.
(August 27, 2014 - 11:00 pm)
Alas, if there was a side for both, that I would choose. Both writing and reading have their dos and don'ts, so I'm netural.
First of all, in writing, you can create your own worlds, and use your imagination. And it helps your learning skills too.
But then there is reading. You can get ideas and knownledge. Without needing to go out into the world yourself!
(But then, going out to the world yourself would give you exercise, while this doesn't do good with exercise.)
I think I will go for writing. toodles!
(August 28, 2014 - 5:24 pm)
I see your point. However, the creation of something is often far more worthy than the viewing of it. For instance, when you eat a cake, you might enjoy it more if you had made it than if it were store-bought. In writing, it is the same. If you write a book, reading it ( proably a few years later to forget the plot ), you find yourself enjoying it more when it is peppered with the memories of making it .
(August 29, 2014 - 7:51 am)
:) Or sugared
(August 29, 2014 - 5:35 pm)
But there is a difference. Homemade actually tastes better. Store-bought cakes are all the same. Homemade cake, however, is unique.
But the viewing INSPIRES the great writers to write. They see a book, read it, and say, "Gosh! I wish I could write like that!" Then they go and do it. But what makes a genius? (Besides all the non book learning) BOOKS! They read! You likely have a math BOOK to TEACH you, along with others. That will help you in life.
Also, if you read the same books as friends, when you can't think of what to say, book phrases come in handy. When you don't know what to say.
(August 29, 2014 - 10:38 pm)
Yes, that's true , but if books are friends, writing one is discovering a BFF. :)( But that's just me. I love my books, except when I write them horribly.) Also, you can share them WITH friends. Ever seen a ' Part ___ ' Post ? Someone's sharing a book . A wonderful, delicous, fresh-out-of-the-oven cake - I mean book.
(August 30, 2014 - 8:12 am)
Okay, looks like we're starting! :D
On the side of writing, I'd like to mention that while reading is amazing, writing is even more amazing. Ever read a book and wish something went a different way? Well, you can do that with writing. When you write, YOU can control what happens.
Also, NONE and NOT NONE, I'd like you two to sort this out yourselves. I don't want to be involved. Thanks!
(August 30, 2014 - 9:49 am)
You can't write if you can't read!
(August 30, 2014 - 4:33 pm)