...Most writers have gotten the feeling that their paper is not good enough and begin to attack their own piece of work, well before they are even finished. In Roy Peter Clark’s Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer, he communicates that silencing this criticism in the beginning can get more done compared to having the criticism take over in the beginning. I agree with Clark on this technique when approaching papers because criticism taken in a negative way can impact a writer’s overall work. Along with self-criticism, learning how to take criticism from others and using it to improve a written work can bring better results. Criticism will always be there but it is up to the writer to be able to hush the voice that critiques the work. Writing freely can help the writer concentrate on what he or she is trying to convey on their paper. It may seem odd but just writing freely can get more accomplished than just reviewing everything that has been written so far. Preventing to look back at the work a writer has so far can be difficult since he or she will want to know if what they wrote so far is good enough. Is it good enough? The question that constantly comes up when writing an essay or anything in general. This question can either make you, or break you. As a writer progresses in their work, the inner critic can begin to get louder and louder. If the inner critic cannot be silenced, it can help to just stop what you are doing and take a...
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...How to become a Writer Whole books have been written on how to become a good writer, from the building block of constructing a good sentence to selling out novels to put them on the bestsellers. Writing is an artful way of communicating human experience. Paul Graham once said “Writing doesn’t communicate ideas; it generates them. If you are bad at writing and don’t like it, you will miss out on the ideas writing would have generated. Writing is an art which communicates what an individual wants to say in a descriptive form, a good writer would leave his/her readers spellbound through their writing. Usually writers are categorized into two categories, those who want to say something and those who write for sake of writing. In both cases if you aspire to be a writer, you are already in camp two, the idea of writing is camp one to start with. Writing is just like any other discipline in that you won’t get better at it just by thinking about it. The more you write, the better you get at the art of writing and that’s is what makes you a good and effective writer, but for amateurs there are a few guidelines to start with. Figure out what you want to write This is the most important and basic step in writing. Writing is a vast field that encompasses different genres, a good point to start would be writing about something you are familiar with and in most cases best writing usually stem forth from something you already have knowledge and passion about. When you translate your passion...
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...kind of way to make themselves learn what that style is as well. The learning style that we know best is what will help us get through our studies. The learning style can help us get the grade we deserve. The learning style we will be talking about is the reading and writing style. The reading and writing style is the way a learner learns through reading a book, or material then writing what they have learned [ (O'Neal, 2010) ]. In other words reader/writers learn best in the written language. Reader/writer learners like when the teacher or instructor use the dry erase or black board because they can understand what the instructor is teaching them and this form helps them become better studiers and students in class and out of class. Flash cards are another good way for a reader/writer learner to recall what they have learned because they can write the information on the cards and then read them and recite them for their studies. Reader/writers love to collect book and have a huge library for enrichment (O’Neal, 2010). Reader/Writers are good with grocery list and poetry and they do not need to change to some other way because they are good at writing and reading the lists (O’Neal, 2010). They are great at writing a quick set of directions for people when they ask where places or a street is. They enjoy games that have to do with spelling words or sentences. Some reader/writers like to email and text people rather than call or someone on a phone. A reader/writer learner will...
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...effective? Because it gives more important feedback or information. These ideas can be more helpful to make the writers paper better. By adding some of these ideas, it will make the writer’s paper more interesting to the readers. Also adding some credible sources is very important for the writer. The first reviewer response was unclear to the writer. The reviewer needed to make the feedback stronger and better. But the feedback that the reviewer gave did not give any information on how to make the writers paper better. The second reviewer was being nice and respectful to the writer. The reviewer said how nice and well thought out before writing the paper. The writer’s paper was well organized. The reviewer gave good feedback. Reviewer three just said it was good liked the way it was written. Why? It gave what the reader liked. But it did not give any feedback. It also did not give any information to make the paper better. Reviewer four response was not what the writer wanted to hear. The feedback gave no ideas on how to improve the paper. There were no comments about the examples or experience. The feedback just said “So true good job!” It did not tell what part was good. The fifth reviewer gave a very good feedback. The feedback was also helpful to the writer. The reviewer gave ideas and very helpful information to the writer. All the information given, will help the writer to improve his or her paper a lot. The sixth review gave a great and respectable review. The reviewer...
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...Beginning Does the essay’s title make you want to read more? Why or why not? Yes,the essay's tittle makes me want to read it because I also like video games. I like that kind of entretainment. It catches my attention. Do the first one or two sentences of the paper grab your interest? Why or why not? Tell how the writer could get your attention with the first sentences. Yes, it catches my attention because even though the video game I have is wii, it is something similar that I can compare. I feel that there is a relation in between because both video games are fun and “... is a great service worth the time and money for anybody in need of entertainment.” That is a very good qoute that I agree with. Look at the essay’s introduction. Is there a thesis statement or “statement of purpose” drafted? (Look for a sentence that tells the reader what to expect from this essay.) What is the statement? “Xbox Live offers a fun pastime, hours of entertainment, and a lot of deals and offers retail stores can’t offer. But there are downsides to the service, such as maintenance, disconnecting, and other people who “cheat” so to speak on some online games.” This sentence is the thesis ist tells me what to expect and what the essay is going to be about. Based on the introduction, what specific points do you think the writer will make about the essay’s subject? Base on the introduction I think the main (specific) points that the writer is going to write about...
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...Most students don’t necessarily know what is good writing. Good writing can be displayed in many different ways. Though this is a difficult question to answer when looking at writer’s text, it is an even tougher question to apply to your own writing. So what is good writing? Good writing can be defined as well put together, organized, a piece of text that is fully developed, but it all depends on the quality this text has, I think good writing breaks expectations. By breaking expectation I mean, as writer you should be able to create tension, violate the genre, and create something that has never been seen before in your text. Game of Thrones is an excellent example of how good writing breaks expectations. The writer begins his series in Westeros, which is the land of the Seven Kingdoms. In this universe, there is only two seasons that can last for years, either summer bounty or winter hardship. Realistically there are four seasons, and each season last three months. In the Game of Thrones world there this is not the case. As you read the books you come to realize these seasons do not last three months, or four, or five. They last years. This makes the reader think about if the writer was imagining a different world, or if the people back then only thought there was two seasons. As well as the reader it makes me imagine if there could possibly be only two seasons because after all fall and winter are similar as too spring and summer. I feel like his writing creates dimension...
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...becoming a good writer is similar to the process of gaining other skills. In sports, such as, basketball, a player must show an interest in the game. On the road to becoming a great businessperson one has to understand the market, as a good writer has to understand grammar. An aspiring architect should research the different ways to build a house, as a writer should research the many forms of writing. Furthermore, the rules of writing should be learned. A great player plays within the rules and regulations of the sport. However, the best player can shine by using the moves he or she is allowed to perform to beat the opponent. In the same way, great writers use all literary tools to there advantage. Also, people, with great skill, practice. Practice helps a person hone his or her skills. A major part of becoming an outstanding pianist involves natural skill. However, even pianist with great natural skills can not play consistently exceptional without practice. The steps to become a good writer are not far from the steps to becoming great at almost anything. All great basketball players understand the game of basketball. A great writer, also, has to understand writing. This step involves gaining profound knowledge of the proper way to write. Understanding the rules of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and such, is a vital step in becoming skilled at writing. Researching other writings will, also, help with this process. A good writer knows what makes other writings...
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...The process of writing is not something that is simply done in one try or even two; writing is a complex process that consists of numerous revisions and draftings. According to Donald M. Murray the difference between an amateur and a professional writer is a professional takes a period of time to get the precise and completed draft that included multiple re-editings. As opposed to an amateur who only does a few editing and claims for the writing to be complete. A good writer is constantly looking for ways to make their piece better, for example by changing the words to mean something specific or taking a sentence out and putting others in. According to “The Maker’s Eye”, Murray emphasizes strategies to what a good writer should do when revising...
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...Paraphrasing There is agreement among scholarly writers that paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must be attributed to the original source (Scholarly Writing, 2013). Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly. In this paper the following passage will be paraphrased. Original Passage "A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat. If you want a workout, you don’t lift a book you lift weights. Yet were brainwashed to believe that the more brilliant the writer, the tougher the going." "The truth is that the reader is always right. Chances are if something you’re reading doesn’t make sense, it’s not your fault it’s the writers. And if something you write doesn’t get your point across, it’s probably not the reader’s fault it’s yours. Too many readers are intimidated and humbled by what they can’t understand and in some cases that are precisely the effect the writer is after. But confusion is not complexity; it’s just confusion. A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know." "Don’t confuse simplicity, though, with simplemindedness. A good writer can express an extremely complicated idea clearly and make the job look effortless. But such simplicity is...
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...From the viewpoints of a writer and of a reader, Samuel Johnson and Marilyn Chandler McEntyre explore different qualities a reader needs to fully understand what writers attempt to convey. Johnson says that it is the duty of the writer to make the words engaging. He points out that according to human nature, we are naturally drawn to things we can relate to in words. Johnson also shows the power of detail. He states that the more details the writer can put into words, the more likely that the reader will find something that engages them. A good writer will make it easier for a reader to relate to the words, and help to create an emotional response. Good writing can help to engage a reader, but the writer is not solely responsible for this. McEntyre says that the reader should be reading responsibly, receptively and fruitfully; finding words or phrases that interest them, finding points in which to “enter” the text. She states that having an intimate relationship with the words is essential---so essential, in fact, that the reader is in effect abandoning the reality around them and being completely immersed in the story. From both of these works, I learned much about how to read. Many times in the past, reading was a chore; an unpleasant task that was to be quickly finished and put away. However, both of these writers proved to me that reading should be done slowly, looking for connections and trying to enter into the plane of the text. A good reader needs to attempt...
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...Date: 6/4/13 GENERAL COMMENTS Begin by reading your peer’s essay all the way through. Mark areas that are difficult to read, or don’t make sense, or that you think have some grammatical/usage problems. When you have read through the entire essay, come back and choose up to five sentences/areas that you marked for readability. Copy the text and insert it here, along with the paragraph number. You do not have to identify the error or fix it… just locate problems. No more than five sentences: For the past decades, researchers such as Peter Greenwood have focused their attention… Indeed, any program that is introduced to help reduce… After having read the whole paper through the first time, write out a few “big picture” comments. What one element of the paper do you think needs the most work before your peer turns it in as a final draft? There are several grammar errors and to explain what are concepts such as zero tolerance and get tough on crime. If you had to grade it right now based on the rubric, what grade would you give it and why? Probably a B because it definitely serves the purpose of defending their policy through methods such as cost benefit and comparison but there are grammar and spelling errors that need to be fixed. How would you rate the writer’s academic credibility (ethos)? Why? They have good ethos because the work they cite is scholarly....
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...fact that to become a writer is not an easy job. Yes, you can have flexibility and freedom express yourself, but in the end, you must learn about people needs, and what they like to read. That means as a writer you must know your audience, their favorite, their point of view, etc. You can write everything you want on the internet right now, but in the end, you need a conversion on your writing platform. You need money to run your platform, except if you just write for your hobbies. First Thing You Must to Know Being a Writer is a Full-Strategy Job (Learn Audience, traffic, the...
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...Introduction Academic Writing with Style and Substance Offering Opinions and Exchanging Ideas Understanding the Difference Much writing on the Internet, for high school, and for general purposes contains the personal opinions of writers. As a result, some of the phrases below are very common in these writing situations: “To me,” “I think” “Personally,” “For me,” “It is this writer’s opinion” Style and Substance/Joseph Couch 2 While everyone has a right to a personal opinion, relying on opinion in college writing usually means hiding behind that right rather than facing the fact that others can question a writer’s ideas. As a result, the common defense of “that’s my opinion” does not matter much as a reason to support an essay’s ideas. What does matter for a class that requires a textbook such as this one is writing that shows critical thought and (often) outside research. The first step towards writing with these qualities is an understanding that it does not stand alone as an opinion. In fact, college-level writing acknowledges and engages with the ideas of others who have also often done some critical thinking and outside research on the topic. Essentially, college professors want essays that exchange ideas with other readers and writers rather than present ideas on the level of opinions. This is not to say that a student’s ideas do not count in college writing. The process to a completed paper does often begin with one’s own point of view, and professors encourage...
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...Essay/Research Paper Writing Process The series of steps that most writers follow in producing a piece of writing. The five major stages in the writing process are finding a topic and generating ideas (discovering), focusing on a main or controlling idea and mapping out an approach (organizing), preparing a rough draft (drafting), reworking and improving the draft (revising), and proofreading and correcting errors. Discovering – The first stage in the writing process. It may include finding a topic, exploring the topic, determining purpose and audience, probing ideas, doing reading and research, planing and organizing material. Discovery usually involves writing and is aided considerably by putting preliminary thought and plans in writing. Organizing – The sequence in which the information or ideas in an essay are presented. Drafting – The stage in the writing process during which the writer puts ideas into complete sentences, connects them, and organizes them into a meaningful sequence. Revising – The stage in the writing process during which the author makes changes in focus, organization, development, style, and mechanics to make the writing more effective. Editing – The last stage in the writing process during which the writer focuses on the details of mechanics and correctness. Discovering Audience – The readers for whom a piece of writing is intended. Many essays are aimed at a general audience, but a writer can focus on a specific group of readers. Topic or Subject -...
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...Essay [pic] Introduction of the Essay The introduction should detail what is contained in the paper. The introduction is usually only a paragraph, three at the most. The writer should sum up the introduction with a TOPIC SENTENCE which supports the main idea of the essay OR CLARIFYING STATEMENT. This will allow the reader to know the subject of the paper and an introduction to that subject. This is one of the most important things cited by the professors. Writing a Purpose Statement An example of a purpose statement is ‘Mutual funds are backbone of the economy of any country’. The Body of the Essay Paragraphs - First sentence contains the topic sentence, which supports the main idea of the essay. - The following sentences contain main points you're making about that topic - Other sentences support those main points with examples, explanations, etc. (Who, what, where, when, how, etc) The body of the essay is essentially the "meat and potatoes" of the paper. Several paragraphs will explain the topic that you are discussing. The paper will prove or disprove the purpose statement. There will be many citations, references and information which will lead the reader to understand what the paper is about. The body must be relevant to the subject, with clear and concise thoughts. Jargon or very technical terms should be explained so the reader does not become confused. Do not attempt to make the paper meet the required length by using "fluff" - repeating sentences...
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