Writing Topic: Rules for Writers chapter 46

The main idea of Chapter 46 "Writing in the text" is to aid the reader to summarize text or pictures. Summarizing is the ability to point out the main thesis and key points simply and accurately as possible. According to the author “summarizing a text one must be able to pick out the thesis divide the whole piece into major and minor ideas and analyze what the author is trying to say” While summarizing what you just read is being able to doing it in a none judging way and helps to shows that you understood what the author was trying to state. The ability to be an active reader you must use critical thinking. Taking notes in the margins and rereading the text over again may aid you in this ability. Analyzing what your reading or what you see is another key point and asking questions like what is the author trying to argue or what is he/she trying to point out?
The two ways that I plan on aiding myself in future reading is to annotating the text, I plan on using a pencil in the margin instead of a highlighter because the ability to change what I write is just as important as what you’re reading. Like the authors says you might find something that interests you, but later you might change your mind and a pencil lets you do that. I will right question to aid me to find key points and underling interesting facts or statement throughout the piece.
I will also outline the texts to aid my in memorizing what I have read and to have a better understand of what I just read.

"Freewriting Exercises" Dialogue

Freewrite is just what it sounds like, the ability to write without the editing and the ability of not worrying about what you are writing. Freewriting gives you ability to have a free range of your thoughts without having the discouraging views or editing of a red pen by an editor. This allows your thought process to follow more freely without closing yourself off with intruding thoughts that your ideas or words may not be good enough or may not even make sense to the reader.

I like the idea of just writing without stopping, proofing and making any changes, there will be time after you read what you have written to go back and make those kinds of changes. Why stop the creative follow by worrying about all the editing before you have written anything.  Doesn’t that really make sense? I was surprised on how one may think that writing and you are really focusing not on what you’re writing but how you’re editing it. The writer pointed out “editing doesn’t just make writing harder, it makes writing dead. Your voice is damped out by all the interruptions, changes and hesitation.” Think about that really does make sense when you’re writing a paper for class your trying to get your point our but how many times do you change what you’re about to say because you’re worried on how it’s going to sound instead of waiting until the end and going back and maybe cleaning it up. When you don’t wait till the end you have changed your thoughts you voice usually because you’re more worried about what someone else is thinking and not what you’re trying to tell them.

I hope that I can remember this every time I am trying to write. I really think that this may actually help me start something and really free up what I’m trying to say. I tend to over analyze what I think I’m going to write about without just writing about something and see where it leads.

Michelle

Introduction / week 1

Hi my name is Michelle. I am a returning student for about two years. I have been working on finishing my A.S. degree with a major in Administration of Justice and a variety of certificates from business to child development. I have been a full time student, but it hasn’t been easy because I work full time, I’m married and I have a 3 ½ year old son, which each one of these can be very demanding.

As one can imagine there never seems to be enough time, so this semester I have chosen to take it a little easier. Not because of the stress that I have been through but because I am taking English and Math this semester. I am not about to fail either of these classes and taking them both in a semester will almost feel that I am taking a full load.  I have promised myself that I will study hard and take the time that each class needs and not become too overwhelmed. And still have time for my family.

Thank you for reading and I hope that this class is as fun as it a great learning experience.