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Stories Evolving

Submitted by Hilary McGowan on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 4:35pm.

For one of my previous papers I tried to write about things that I hadn't really thought about before. I rather stumbled upon myself and struggled to find the right words to explain what I was really thinking. The time before that I had used literature to explain my story, using a sappy fiction instead of plain and thoughtful academic writing to explain myself. Literature written by a scientist is the same as science written by a writer. They both are not expert at the style, and it seems rather shocking to read something coming from the other when one is so used to reading about their own direction and way of thought.

Understanding how literature and science come together in all of these discussions is confusing and a little frustrating, but I am enjoying listening and reading to see how it all develops. 

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