Summary Of 12 Days By Wendy Belcher

Upon entering Columbia College, writing was one of my weaker areas. It was very important that I gained the necessary knowledge and confidence to become a better writer. I didn’t know how to express myself and felt as though my writing was not my interest. As a result of taking English 101, I have gained a better understanding on how to properly research and build a satisfactory paper. Every paper that was assigned seemed like a struggle to complete. Before entering this class, I did not know the meaning of a thesis or why it was important, however, I obtained this skill quickly. I noticed that every paper has an argument and the thesis helps clarify the rebuttal. Now, I have a new outlook on writing. It’s a way to express my thoughts and allow others to see things through my eyes. There is no doubt that I still have a long way to go, but I know if I continue to write, I will get better. Just as I developed more skills in class, the various papers assigned helped to better structure the writer in me. In addition, the subject areas were not only interesting, but very informative and made it much easier to write about my experiences.

To approach writing, Elbow explains that “…Writing calls on two skills that are so different that they usually conflict with each other: creating and criticizing.” (7) That means writing requires the ability to come up with ideas yourself and also the ability to criticize and refine

Everybody has their own methods for writing; however, I believe there is always room for improvement. Chapter 3 in Everyone’s an Author has shown me that writing involves processes that need to be mastered through constant practice. It also revealed helpful tips on how to develop writing processes that can help write effective papers.

Students are subjected to write an array of essays, but they lack the required tools needed to effectively deliver a great paper. They are struggling to write and teachers are needing to design and conform to their current student’s needs. New methods are created and implemented in order to execute the daunting task of learning how to write a well-developed paper. Practical recommendations are brought forth for teachers to use and good teachers will learn to design instruction and activities based on suitable references. Teachers must set goals and deliver their lesson with specific strategies to meet their objectives. They must learn to improve skills dramatically by observing and modifying the students. Teachers must plan strategies in order to help the struggling students catch up or exceed in their writing skills. They must learn to motivate their students by keeping them engaged throughout the writing process if not they risk losing the student’s ability and focus to do better.

From elementary school to high school, I was taught that my writing had to be structured and follow strict criteria. After I arrived in Mr. Mukherjee’s ENG 102 class, I was given the opportunity to express my creative freedom through words and graphical pictures. It can often be difficult and challenging to improve upon my own writing abilities unless motived with an idea in mind. When looking back on my time at ASU, I thought about the goals that I wanted to address for myself and the course goals that my instructor had set for the class. These goals include ones that I had accomplished to the best of my ability and ones that I need to address as well as improve.

Teachers, parents, and friends often tell students exactly what the writing process should entail and how long it should take. However, the older I get, the more I realize that the writing process varies not only from person to person, but also from one writing project to the next. Throughout my years of life, I have written countless papers, ranging from a persuasive speech to an extensive research paper, and each project requires an altered version of my personal writing process. While each individual has his own writing process, there can be many similarities between different writing processes. Finding one’s individual writing process takes trial, error, and repetition. When an individual finally uncovers his unique writing process, better thought, work, and writing is produced.

Writing is a practice that most of us were taught when we were young. We were taught the basics of grammar, how to form a sentence, conjunction words, how to write paragraphs and more. Although we have learned this skill while growing up and have used the skill every year after entering kindergarten, this does not mean our writing process will ensure the best work. The authors that I chose each encourage their audience to excel in the art of writing in their own way to help with the writing process.

Finding your own writing process is crucial for a writer in order to write a successful paper. Everyone is unique and everyone’s writing process is going to be unique as well. A writer’s notebook is a perfect way for people to record random thoughts, dialogue you hear, and any other ideas you might hear. Brainstorming is a key technique to get started when composing a paper. Brainstorming allows you to think of different topics that would fulfill the requirements needed on your topic assigned. Freewriting, clustering, listing and outlining, and collaborating are also some other techniques that when practiced could come very useful when writing a paper. Having the ability to use either of these five techniques would help tremendously when composing a paper.

I like Anne Lamott ideals on writing a lot. I think she gives very good advice in her article. Writing is hard, and for me i panic while i stare at a blank document. Just pushing myself to write those first few sentences in my opinion does work great. I like how Anne says she typed without truly indulging herself in the writing, she does it just to get her fingers moving, Anne say by doing this she would begin to put trust in her process. Writing this way allows you to figure out the kinks in your writing, find your story and start on another draft. Anne bring up a good point that when you start writing whatever it is that you are writing, it does not necessarily have to be the topic. I agree with the idea of writing nonsense until you see

Writing is probably one thing that will be inevitable in our lives. Even after our school years, knowing how to write will be essential in a lot of the careers that we end up pursuing in. Let’s be honest, when we are assigned to write a paper or an essay we either; one, completely “BS” it or two, don’t even complete the assignment because it is something that we struggle greatly in. Instead of trying to get around it, learn to master the skill of writing so that every time we have to write a paper, we don 't have to fear it. We won’t have to sit long tedious hours on the due date, crying with frustration, because we decided to leave what we dread most at last minute. Here, we will be going over and learning about our weakness, strengths, and tips on how improve our writing habits based on our personalities. To have a better understanding of what you are about it read, or to see if this paper will be any help, make sure you know your personality style Inventory. If you are a hybrid of INT/FJ as I am, keep reading on.

Writing is not something that always comes naturally. The art of writing requires patience and continual practice. As a Bethel University student, I have many resources available to me to assist me with my practice. One example is Paperrater.com. This is a free resource with a fast and easy way to get an immediate review of your writing. The website offers basic instructions on how to revise papers based off style, word choice, spelling, and grammar rules.

Regarding the writing log that I completed last week, I was very impressed with the amount of writing that I did within seven days. I felt very accomplished; as this was, the first time that I feel had worked on writing in a context that was not related to my schoolwork in quite some time. On the subject of Silvia’s writing log example, scheduling I believe contributed to my success when writing last week. Creating a schedule encouraged me to write, as I would place my writing time every day after I got home from work. Setting my daily writing time after work helped me clear my mind after a busy day and unwind by working on a presentation or article for a local magazine in the area I live. By keeping a log similar to Silvia’s, has enabled me to keep a daily track of my word count. This record helped me not only to set word goals, but it also aided me in setting some hours that I would write a day.

In her book, writing your journal article in 12 weeks, Wendy Belcher breaks down all the tedious writing process into feasible and manageable chores which can be a wonderful point of reference for any writer who attempts to publish for the first time in languages and education which are the fields of my interest. The book is well-organized, clear, and direct. If someone is interested in becoming an exceptional writer or need motivation to get working on that article, thesis, or as in my case a dissertation this might be a good tool for your arsenal. Thus, one salient characteristic of the book is that it gives comprehensive steps to follow, each week, readers comprise a particular peculiarity of strong articles and work on revising theirs subsequently.

The book, Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks, by W.L. Belcher is a useful tool in this regard, and is the text I use. This well-tested workbook has weekly goals that are active and pragmatic, covering topics from effectively opening and closing a journal article to responding to journal decisions. The workbook provides instruction, exercise, structure, and deadlines that lead to confidence in producing written and oral technical communications. There are four types of tasks in this book. In workbook tasks, students do the exercises in the book. In discussion tasks, they talk about their writing with other students. In writing tasks, they write about some part of their draft article, like an abstract. In planning tasks, students document their writing plans and track their success in achieving

Writing has always been something I dread. It’s weird because I love talking and telling stories, but the moment I have to write it all down on paper, I become frantic. It’s almost as if a horse race just begun in my mind, with hundreds of horses, or words, running through my mind, unable to place them in chronological order. Because I struggle to form satisfying sentence structure, it takes me hours, sometimes even days, to write one paper. It’s not that I think I’m a “bad writer,” I just get discouraged easily. Needless to say, I don’t think highly of my writing skills. When I was little I loved to both read and write. I read just about any book I could get my hands on, and my journal was my go to for my daily adventures. Although it’s