Summary:
In the first reading which made more sense to me I found out that writing can be hard for most people so we believe that writing that comes easy is the only good writing, but really that is a myth. We just have to be more of a critical thinker and practice it more. In the second reading, which I found somewhat confusing, a writing process can go into depth more than I ever thought. The amount of time that you should spend on planning out your writing, then actually getting to the writing, then finally revising your writing is quite the challenge. If you want to learn to write correct it would be a good idea to follow those rules
Synthesis:
For me to be a better writer I need to change my writing style up. Instead of going with the five paragraph formula that I have been used to doing I should try something different. I should try imitating a different writer and learn some new writing process from him/her. Secondly I need to take my planning and revision skills more seriously, instead of just editing my paper once I need to take it through more steps to make it something I'm proud of. If I even follow these two simple rules I should see an improvement in my writing process.
ROW: Allen
Getting Ready to Read:
1: I think the writing construct that exist for most students is the five paragraph paper which entails an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. I know for myself I have never followed a different writing construct than that one. High school teachers drilled it into our minds that, that was the right writing construct to follow. Professional writers don't follow that construct because that's not how a professional writer writes or gets their point across. Professional writers go through a much more extensive writing construct that has much more information than what the five paragraph structure looks like. The only similarities I could see between student writing constructs and professional writing constructs is that their will probably always be an introduction, body paragraphs with information, and lastly a conclusion.
Applying and Exploring
1: I have never used the method of imitation through writing, but I realized after reading that it would be a good idea to get a different perspective to make yourself a more rounded writer. If I were to imitate another professional writers construct it would help me develop new ideas and tips to help me get past what many people call writers block.
Discussion and Journaling
1: Allen poses that the myth of the "inspired writer" is that if writing doesn't come easy to you then you'r not a good writer. So, students believe that the writing that comes easily is the only good writing. The reality of the "inspired writer" is that for many of us, is an alien discourse. We have to work at it and critically think about it to become better.
Meta Moment
There have been plenty times where I felt that I should of been inspired about a topic, but no emotion comes out and I cant write what I really feel. The only way I could ever overcome this is thinking long and hard about the subject on hand. If you think about something long enough an idea will eventually come to you. Now that I read Allen's article I think there is one tip that I will try and that is trying to imitate another writers writing style. This should eventually help me because I can develop newer writing constructs and if I practice it enough writing will simply come easier to me.
Berkenkotter & Murray
Discussion and Journaling
1: I was surprised to the extent of Murray's writing process. Hours and hours of revision, going back and forth to make corrections was truly tons of work that I would never put myself through. Murray's writing process only compares to mine in one way and that is revision. Of course I don't go into depth like he does, but I do think revision is an important part of a writing process. Normally professional writers have a very long time to edit their papers for a perfect finished product, unlike most college students papers are due fairly quickly which is one reason our writing process are different.
3: Berkenkotter stated "They've got to get a sense of the other self speaker" which I think means they got to see what other people might see when reading their papers. In the planning and revising section writers move back and forth between planning, translating, and reviewing their work which might be to much jumping around.
Applying and Exploring
1: I spend most of my writing process on trying to get enough information to support my thesis, which I can see now from reading this article isn't the most important aspect of writing a paper. My level of writing is below average, I think partly because I'm not to creative, which can be worked on with more practice. I need to do a better job of planning out my writing, then revising my writing. I normally revise my paper once have someone else look over it and feel that, that's enough editing. After finishing this article I found out there is much more to a writing process that I need to improve on.
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