Blog 9

In Chapter 10 of ARCS I thought it was interesting how they really started breaking down writing into sentence structure and such.  I find it difficult to analyze writing so much, especially as you're doing it.  I also feel that style is somewhat less important once we get to written culture.  There are very clear differences between a good speaker and a bad speaker and there are also clear differences between a good writer and a bad writer, but bad writing is easier to overcome.  For example, Kenneth Burke is not a very good writer but is considered the most influential rhetorician of the 20th century.  Also, Stephanie Meyer who writes the Twilight books is a really horrible writer and has written one of the most successful series of fiction ever.  While there's a difference between a good story and successful rhetoric, I think style is much more important in oral culture.