Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Exploring Your Own Writing Process

I usually write in my room in the quiet. I write my outline in pencil, so I can erase when I edit it. Then I type my rough and final draft, because it's easy to fix your mistakes on the computer, it's legible, and looks better then it being hand-written. The conditions I write in is in the quiet, so I can concentrate on what I am writing about. Invention strategies I use is to first brainstorm ideas then put those ideas in an organized outline. Then for the drafting process I elaborate on those ideas by typing a first rough draft, then edit the first rough draft so it flows better and is more organized. Then I usually have someone else read and critic my paper, and then I edit it again, and write my final. Revisions play an important role in my writing process because my first rough draft is just a bunch of unorganized ideas that probably wouldn't make sense to anyone. But I keep revising my paper to get to my final draft, which is organized, flows well, and makes sense. My ideal writing circumstances are to write about a topic that I choose that interest me. My paper would probably be better because I would enjoy what I am writing about, since i chose it, and it would show through my paper. My workshop and peer review experiences in the past have just been peer editing with other students in my English class.

4 comments:

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  2. I agree I also write my rough and final draft on the computer, that way its easier for people to read when they are editing it. I like when no one is around so I wont get distracted but sometime I do listen to music while i write so its not totally quiet. Its good to write about something that you enjoy, it makes it easier to write a well written paper.

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  3. Writing about something intereting defenitely helps, otherwise you really have no motivation to do the work. And I agree that it does show through the paper. I like to do all my brainstorming on the computer personally, because it's just easier for me to keep up with my ideas by typing.

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  4. I think writing on a computer is definitely the best way to go when writing a paper. I also like writing when its quiet, I just cant concentrate with a lot of noise around me

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