Thlog #5

It is halfway through the quarter, and the year…!  Wow, this year has been flying by and quite the journey it has been.  From starting a fraternity, to learning a lot about my own writing this quarter.  From WP1, I learned that I needed to have a better structure throughout my entire paper and also tie in my outside resources.  With learning that, I hope I can have a lot better WP2 (and a better grade!)  

            This week’s class on “moves” was actually very interesting because I never really thought about a writer’s moves before.  Prior to this class, I only thought of moves as a sports term or a as a term used in board games and such.  There is a lot more to moves, and a lot more to learn about writing moves.  I thought it was really cool to apply moves to the Rock’s move “The People’s Move.”  When people brought up what his move was, it was pretty general and vague.  But when Zack told us to be as specific as we can, a lot more things were brought into what made his move.  There were actually like ten different steps that made up his move when initially we only had a few different things.  I thought it was really cool as well that a move can really be made up of so many different and specific parts.  After realizing this, I am hoping that I can apply that specificity in looking for moves to my WP2. 

            Working on PB2B allowed me to get into moves a bit more as well, especially with the pieces we have read so far.  It was interesting to spot out the different moves they make when I never noticed them when reading before.  I learned that all author’s have specific moves that mike they’re writing unique and interesting.