Whenever I have been assigned a paper, I read the topic and wait. I let the topic sink in, which helps me analyze and determine how I want to go about the assignment.
Imagine that cartoon character you used to watch Saturday mornings as a kid. Remember how they would just be walking and a light bulb would just materialize out of nowhere? Well, the same process applies to me, except the light bulb fails to appear (imagine all the money I would have saved in buying light bulbs!). Ideas start to parade in my brain and I write. I snatch the ones which make sense and continue from there. It turns into multiple scraps of paper with different "mini drafts", where I tie loose ends, edit here and there, and finally produce the final paper. Those drafts are decorated with scribbles, cross outs, arrows and the occasional doodle (drawing sometimes helps me with writing.) I like puzzles, so I guess in a way I develop my own puzzle when writing a paper.
I prefer to writing rather than typing my papers. It is a weird preference especially in these times. When I am typing a paper and coming up with the draft I feel that I lose certain freedoms. Such freedoms would be the ability to write little notes on the side of the page, and not losing words, sentences and ideas that would have gone to oblivion with the infamous delete button.
I have pulled off those late night last minute papers. They were disasters. Half conscience writings are not my forte. Never have I attempted writing a paper on the way to school. Mainly because I knew deep down inside I did not have the gift of producing a well written paper in such a time crunch.
I feel a bit more comfortable writing a paper I know only the teacher will read. I guess I have a little phobia of writing for others. It makes my writing more reserved, and makes it a bit more difficult since I tend to omit more sentences and ideas and voice, especially if someone is to respond to the writing. Peer editing always sent shivers down my spine, but when it has to be done, it has to be done.
Hey. Well just from reading your blog I can tell you’re a very talented writer and you shouldn’t be afraid of peers reading it. Because honestly reading your blog made me smile and had my thinking that I wish I was as talented as you are at writing. Anyways, it really good that you come up with ideas the way you do, it seems like your brain works a lot and that’s an awesome thing to have especially coming into college enc 1102. But instead of “mini” drafts, we write huge drafts in this class, for me that’s kind of scary. But when I was here over summer and I was introduced to peer editing, I was so scared, because I thought it would be so embarrassing to have someone else read my disgusting paper, that only I understood what was going on. DON’T Worry! It really help’s, you’ll find that it really helps make your paper stronger.
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