Writing+Processes+and+Practices-Elizabeth-Feb+7+2012

Writing Processes and Practices:

I don't understand why scholars in particular are fond of and attached to renaming things in general. It does not matter whether you call what writers do a "Writing Skill", "Writing Procedure", "Writing Practice", or a "Writing Process", the important thing is to write and get better at it. When I was in elementary school, the teachers told us to make an outline for our sake to help us in the composing process. There is really not that much difference between an outline and a process. An outline could be part of the process and you can change it. It is not etched in stone. To me that included a list of things I knew about and would like to write about. That does not mean I did not revise my "dirty" draft that I'd written on scratch paper before copying it to a clean page. Teachers just didn't articulate things about the writing process in so much detail as Clark and Lvanic.. We just wrote and rewrote until the document seemed good enough to give to the teacher or read in class. Each one of us usually develops his or her own process as he or she matures in academics. I think a lot about what I am going to write and take my time brainstorming. During a timed writing test, I begin my actual composing only 15 minutes prior to the deadline. I might jot down some ideas on paper, but I couldn't do that in my last timed writing, which was taking the GRE writing test. Paper was not even allowed into the test room. You're supposed to just sit and type your finished draft. In addition, the writing process could be so personal that sometimes you need to think a lot about the topic and sometimes you just write about it if the topic without giving it much thought. You are simply in ready-to -write mode if you are familiar with the topic. What made me smile was the "Experiencing Panic, Pain and Anguish" part. Well, not necessarily. Sometimes I look forward to writing my thoughts on a topic, and sometimes I experience anguish. Putting pain and anguish at the center of academic writing seems to be encouraging students to think that they are justified in their pain and that it is normal. In reality, sometimes it is normal and sometimes it simply isn't there.