Week 12

 Hi Everyone,

I enjoyed reading the section in Knight in this week's readings describing the different writing styles was interesting. Knight says that people use each type of writing, but I think that I fall mostly into the watercolourist category. In my writing I prefer to think of general ideas and then dive into researching and writing. I typically do not make detailed outlines. Because I do not usually make detailed outlines, I find that it is useful to talk to someone about my ideas out loud, even if they do not know a lot about the topic. I find that this helps organize my thoughts and the structure of the paper. I also like to write good paragraphs that show certain points but not necessarily in a specific order that I rearrange after the word limit for a paper is reached. I have found that as assignments have become longer throughout school, this strategy helps get words onto the page even if they are not flowing coherent thoughts when they are written.

What type of writer does everyone else think they are?

Aden

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  1. KaitlinDecember 7, 2020 at 6:20 AM

    Hi Aden, I am in literal awe reading about your writing style, its so different than how I write and organize my thoughts (isn't so cool how everyone's minds work so differently?)! I am a big fan of creating outlines in bullet points before sitting down to write, I find for me, I have so many thoughts running through my head that I need to jot them all down so I can figure out what parts of my outline need to be expanded or researched more. Also, when I do start writing, I usually go in order for most of the paper: often I'll start with the background, continue to the discussion and then go back at the end to write the introduction and conclusion. So based on the readings, I would guess that I fit best with Knight's description for an architect!

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