Unit Seven Blog Post: Writing About Writing

For this blog post, I’m going to reflect upon my writing process during this semester. I think that my writing process differed in accordance to what the assignment was. For instance, when I wrote for the forum posts, I tried to whittle down my argument, thoughts, and comments  to a paragraph or two. I tried to be direct and to the point because I didn’t want to bore people. We all know that person that rambles on and on in online forums. Call me old-fashioned, but I much prefer to be longwinded and deadly dull to someone face to face. If I can’t see the incoming lasso of lethargy slowly encroaching upon your eyeballs while I talk about an article I read about cassowaries, then I honestly don’t see what the point of it all is. Technology is amazing, but the fine art of being a dullard is something that I take rather seriously. By the way, if you want to know about cassowaries, here is a link about them: http://mentalfloss.com/article/80394/10-facts-about-cassowaries

Whereas, with the response papers, I would aim for expanding upon my arguments. I would write down how many elements of my argument that were worth writing about. Then, I would outline the elements for each paragraph. Basically, this exercise was for me to see how many layers there were in my argument. If expanding upon the argument went relatively smoothly (nothing ever goes truly smoothly during the writing process), then I knew that it felt right for me to write about it. Basically, if I couldn’t argue as persistently as a steam punk sea lion, then I wouldn’t write it.

If the argument was too limited, then I wouldn’t use it for the response paper. If one can’t expand upon one’s argument enough, then there is a tendency to just run the argument around in circles throughout the paper. This is a negative thing for both the writer and the reader.

           

For writing the blog posts, I would follow the blog response guidelines and try to have some fun with them. Since this is a class about women in comedy and women’s humor, it felt like it was the right space to loosen up my writing style and try out a few different things. Besides, there are not many classes where students are encouraged to post gifs (if there is, please let know about it!) Often, I would use the blog as an excuse to write about random fun facts that I have accumulated over the years. Knowing about random fun facts is like owning a beautiful paper weight. It’s a pleasant thing to have, but you have no idea what to do with it. Henceforth, it was my chance to do something with them. Did my classmates want to know about my random fun facts? Well, that’s an entirely different story, I suppose….

Even though my writing process differed slightly from the different assignments, I seemed to maintain the core basics of my writing process. I edited all my body of work and I did a lot of research. As we read about in Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts, editing is very important for improving a paper. Editing isn’t a lot of fun, but it is certainty crucial for a more successful paper. As for research, I personally enjoy that much more because I like to learn about new things. Well, can you believe it, this class is almost over. We are almost at the finishing line. I would love to hear your thoughts about this along the way.