Sunday, January 29, 2012

January 30th homework

Harris Summary:
In his article "Composing Behaviors of One-and Multi-Draft Writers", Harris attempts to explain the difference between one-draft and multi-draft writers. He argues the advantages and disadvantages of each and gives examples of different people who write in the two ways and explains a study he did on them given a writing topic and an hour to do it.
Response:
I think that I am more likely a one draft writer because I tend to wait till the last minute to write and write my whole paper and going through it at the end and making changes. According to Harris some disadvantages that I might face because of my tendency to be a one-draft writing are is the I cut myself off from further exploration and eliminate the possibility of searching for a better options.
Reflection:
I thought this article wasn't that interesting because it was kind of repetitive but I did think it was kind to compare the two types of writing and seeing the advantages and disadvantages. It might be helpful to me because knowing the disadvantages of my style of writing may help me the next time I have a writing assignment. I agree with the advantages and disadvantages that Harris says about both types of writing.

Ransom Summary:
In her article "How Do I Write", Ransom describes that way that she writes when she did a study on herself on how she writes. She analyzes herself with a time constraint and writes down her thoughts while she writes. Ransom discovers that time constraints help her stay focused but they also cause her to make little mistakes in her writing.
Other Questions to Consider:
I thought it was interesting how she was able to study herself and come to conclusions about her writing. I personally have never taken notes while I was writing so I'm not sure if this happens to me or not.
Reflection:
I thought this was interesting because she was able to come up with some good conclusions about her writing. This could be helpful to me if I ever wanted to study my own writing. I agree with what she concluded about her writing I think if I were to do something like this I would conclude similar things.

1 comment:

  1. On your other question to consider question 2 I like how you said you are not sure if that taking notes while writing would help you or not but I think it would be helpful to take notes while writing to write a better paper.

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