These past couple of weeks have impacted the way I look at my research and writing methods only in a minor way. My revision strategy has always been to revise while I write my paper, and I have never been a big fan of rewriting papers or proofreading. Sommer's findings from experienced teachers' strategies are interesting
ways in which others do it and how I could tweak my writing skills for the better, but at the same time my writing process has worked for me for a while. If it has worked before, I don't see any reason to change the way I revise and write. The research process that Kleine talks about is what I basically do except for the fact that I don't go through my research to see what is relevant and irrelevant, so I could improve on that aspect of my research process. In my opinion though, it all depends on what works best for the writer.
I find it interesting that these articles only had a minor effect for you. It's great that you think your current method works so why change it, but do you think getting the first paper back will change anything? Also, did any of these articles strik you as interesting, as in made you reconsider just student writing as a whole? Even if your methods do not change, I hope you take the information from those readings and consider them for writing in the future. Good work.
ReplyDeleteEven though you do not feel that the articles had much of an impact on the way that you think about your writing, do you think that there is still room for improvement? In my opinion, it's important to be open-minded in the way that you write (perhaps to adapt some more "experienced" methods for revising) in order to constantly improve your writing. It's good that you feel confident in your writing and writing and research processes but don't you think there is always room for improvment? I'm not saying to change your methods completely because I agree with you that it depends on the person as to what they feel comfortable with. With that being said, I think that everyone is always learning and constantly improving their writing and research skills in order to make them a better writer. Good job!
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