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Robert Royar (guest) (r0mill01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu) wrote:
: Message-ID: <MBU-L%94061512370289@TTUVM1.TTU.EDU>
: Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 11:37:44 -0700
: Sender: "Megabyte University (Computers & Writing)" <MBU-L@TTUVM1.TTU.EDU>
: From: "Jeffrey K. Carney" <JeffC@CC.SNOW.EDU>
: Subject: Re: I'm gonna strangle my English 101 professor!
: Lines: 13

: Robert's instructor reminds me of an instructor I talked to some years back
: who had apparently been informed by a lot of left-brain/right-brain talk.
: Her impression was that writers suffering from various blocks could unblock
: themselves by switching the hands with which they wrote, thereby allowing

Bloody 'ell! If I changed hands I'd end up wearing most of the ink. My left
hand is bad enough; my right hand would make it look like a spider with
inky feet had been break-dancing on the page!

: the opposite sides of their brains to burst forth with what had hitherto
: been pent-up creativity.  She further explained that since typing was
: already a two-fisted activity, there was no analogous procedure for us
: computer writers. It was handwriting or nothing.  Since then I've read
: quite a lot of learned skepticism about the extent to which we should be
: concerned about left-brain/right-brain differences.  Still, I was wondering
: if anyone had read anything responsible that might support this way of
: thinking about writing.

: Jeff