Week 2 of writing 2 and we are already moving along quite
quickly. Two project builders written and
now time to write writing project one.
As we discussed in class, we really want to break down and begin to
analyze our own writing. Before starting
writing 2, I never really analyzed my writing too much. I would usually just write papers based on a
general structure and format that the teacher would outline for us and it was
pretty easy to follow. With this class,
we are going into much more depth than I have before. I remember going over rhetoric very briefly
in high school but never into it that much.
Even when I was taking AP language and composition in high school, I don’t
believe rhetoric was ever brought up even though it was an AP course. Looking back at it now, I think it was kind
of ridiculous how little we analyzed the writing we were doing (considering we
wrote A LOT for that class). Honestly,
this class is challenging me and my writing ability. I truly believe that by the end of the
course, I will definitely be a better writer and be able to better understand
myself and my own writing. I wont follow
my subconscious guideline that has been imprinted into my head my whole life,
but I will be able to have a freer form of writing. Noting that, it allows me to be able to think
about and categorize my writing into first and second order thinking. Like I am doing now, first order thinking
gives me the ability to write my thoughts down and truly carry that over into a
more structured form of writing – second order thinking. I sincerely am excited to see myself grow as
a writer this quarter, regardless of how tiring all this writing can be. I hope I am a changed ‘author’ by that time!
-R. Kelly
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