In her article "Decisions and Revisions: The Planning Strategies of a Publishing Writer", Berkenkotter attempts to get her point across to students writing papers that each writer's processes are unique. She goes on talking about why the setting in which the writer composes is important. Also, Berkenkotter argues that we must pay attention to the context in which revision occurs to learn how writers revise. She goes about proving her point by setting up a study on Murray. The study consisted of recording Murray and his thoughts that he spoke out loud when he was writing. It was concluded that writer's protocols help with revisions that form planning.
Murray Summary:
In his article "Response of a Laboratory Rat-or, Being Protocoled", Murray talks about his experience of being a lab rat. He argues to his audience of student writers that affective conditions are important in writing. Also, doing this experiment made him aware of his audience and his work habits. He was able to realize all this through his countless hours of protocols and time dedicated to planning.
Synthesis:
These articles relate to Kleine because they both talk about the writing process and explain it. It shows different methods of writing that different writers use.
Before You Read:
I sometimes get overwhelmed before writing a big paper and sometimes don't know where to start. To calm my nerves and relax I make myself coffee and listen to some music before I start. I then and go into a quite space where I can focus and gather my thoughts. Once I am relaxed I start my planning for my writing and start brain storming for my paper.
Questions for Discussion:
1. My impression of Murray's writing process is that it is very interesting. Murray reads what he writes and thinks out loud to edit his work. He takes a lot of time do edit and read out loud so that his paper sounds perfect. Murray also takes a lot of time to plan his writing. He plans out who his audience will be and suppresses his conscious awareness of audience to make his paper appeal to them. I find myself reading my paper to myself when revising it. I do not read out loud like Murray probably because I am self conscious of doing that. I will probably start reading out loud like Murray because it can be very effective and you can catch more errors in your paper by doing this. Also, like Murray I spend a lot of time planning my writing. I might not spend as much time as he did, but I find it to be very important to plan before you write.
3. This study changed Berkenkotter's understanding of writing processes by learning how important the planning, revising, and editing activities are to writers. Shenk also learned how writing plans can lead to other sub-plans. Berkenkotter learned a lot from Murray's writing and got a lot of information out of this experiment.
Applying and Exploring Ideas:
1. I usually spend my time writing by re-reading my paper constantly to make sure it sounds correct and it all flows well together. I would like to say that I am experienced writer. I have written a lot of papers, but I'm still need work. I am not the best writer and it sometimes takes me longer to write a paper than other people. I spend a lot of time on prewriting and making a plan before I write, which is what Murray does and is very helpful.
Meta Moment:
One thing that I leaned from the Berkenkotter and Murray readings is that thinking out loud and reading out loud is very helpful and can be beneficial when writing. Reading your paper out loud helps you find your mistakes in your paper more easily and thinking out loud helps with planning, drafting, editing, and reviewing.
Thoughts:
The two articles I read were very interesting and gave great pointers to improve my writing. I learned how to revise and plan for my writing, which will help me in the future.
Allen Summary:
In her article "The Inspired Writer vs. The Real Writer", Allen talks to students who are not inspired about reading and argues her point that anyone can be an inspired writer. She goes on by saying it is important to get inspired so that the people reading your writing will want to listen.
Allen Synthesis:
Allen's article is a lot like like Berkenkotter's because they both have to do with strategies to make you a better writer. Allen's article talks about how to become an inspired writer and Berkenkotter's article is about learning how to revise and plan to write.
Before You Read:
I'm sure every professional writer at times struggles with writing like everyone. They go through the same process just like us, but they take a calmer, more relaxed approached. They usually know what to write about and have strong topics and arguments.
QD:
2. Allen proposes that the inspired writer is able to write because they practice and work hard at it. Allen says that the inspired writer is able to write easily. She goes on by saying an inspired writer is actually real life writers and that anyone can be an inspired writer.
3. I have colluded before because I have agreed upon an issue. I I don't think that it is plagiarism. I am agreeing with an idea an issue had. As long as you are not copying it is not plagiarism.
AE:
2. Writing should have connection because your writing needs to have some sort of meaning and purpose. You should connect your audience so that they will want to listen.
Thoughts:
I really liked this article Allen wrote. I was able to relate to the student in her example because sometimes I struggle with writing, but after reading this article I learned that anyone can be a good writer and an inspired writer.
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