My writing process consists of three things; anger, frustration, and panic. When I am first assigned a paper I am calm and understand what I need to do, but as I sit at the computer and type and delete for about an hour I become angry and realize that I have not brainstormed enough and need to gather together all of my ideas and put them into a simple format to show where things are going to occur throughout my paper. After i figure this out and continue to write for another extended period of time, I become frustrated as I begin to worry whether or not what I have written will make sense to the reader and whether my professor will enjoy it. Panic comes when I look at the clock and realize that it is 2 A.M and only half my paper is written and I know that I will have little time to finish it the rest of the week. One thing I find very efficient about my writing process is that I take the time to start my paper at least a few days before it's due. That way I have time to leave it for a day and then look over it again before I turn it in and find all the mistakes that I didn't see previously. Overall I would not recommend my writing process, but rather one in which you plan ahead and are able to format your paper before you write it. It is my belief that if you do this and refrain from beginning bad habits like I have, you will feel enlightened and will be able to write you papers without anger, frustration, and panic.
When looking on the Internet I found this great website on the writing process. It goes through each step and describes in detail what is expected and how to complete that process. The thing I liked best about this website however, is that it gave me confidence. It states, "Every person has a unique, worthy voice". I struggle to have confidence when I write and I found this message uplifting and a help to me personally. I hope that as you look at this website you will find it as a help as well. Enjoy. :)
2 comments:
Anu i really think you typify the persona of the average college writer. You are much like myself. I think the best way to solve the problem of the blank mind is to create some sort of outline or plan. Even talking to a friend or roommate would be beneficial.
I always do this too! But how do you know when you've planned enough? At my job, I realized I had this problem, and I started drawing out ideas for the design before implementing a solution. I thought this would save time, but I actually find I spend more time reevaluating my plan as more problems come up in the future.
So do you think there's a way to know that your plan has been thought out well enough, other than just "trying" to think of everything?
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