revised writing post #1
this is just the begining folks! i hope my writing has improved.
Ashley Krolikowski
Ms. Alley
Eng. V01A
November 20, 2009
Readings on Writings 2: Comparison and Contrast of Writing Processes
There are many writing processes one must go through in order to make a piece of writing well written. One subject of writing processes (as stated in The Everyday Writer) is “Writing Situations.” There was a particular writing process that I found to be valuable on this subject. It explains to a writer how to analyze their position as a writer by asking questions about the position they have on what they have to write. This was different from another process on the same subject that taught how to analyze the purpose of the piece of writing rather than the position on the subject. It asked questions also but the questions were mainly about the subject of the writing and in what particular style it has to be written in.
Another subject of the writing process is, “Exploring Ideas.” There is an interesting process in this subject called, “free writing,” which explains how to get all of your ideas out in one shot and then work through them after you’re done writing them. Another subject of the writing processes is, “Planning and Drafting.” In it there is a writing process about making a formal outline which is different from free writing. This process is more rigid in style where as free writing is “loose” and more about getting ideas out in the open.
The subject of, “Developing paragraphs” differed form “Revising and Reviewing,” because the subject about paragraphs centers around the structures of paragraphs while the subject of revising has information on how to edit pieces of writing of writing. The subject of revision however is similar to the last subject of the reading, “Editing on Reflecting.” Both sections involves going back over pieces of writing and making them stronger.
The Craft of Revision also has interesting writing processes but they differed from those in The Everyday Writer. The processes in The Craft of Revision is about setting pace and thinking of useful ideas for writing. The Everyday Writer was about the structure of essays and other formal pieces of writing. They are both similar in the fact that they were both about making pieces of writing better.
Works cited
Lunsford, Andrea A. The Everyday Writer. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. Print.
Murray, Donald M. The Craft of Revision. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2004.
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