Jan 25 Post

In her article, "Decisions and Revisions: The Planning Strategies of a Public Writer," Carol Berkenkotter describes writting processes used by different people. The majority of her information was based off of observing Donald Murray who analyzes his own writing rituals and the steps he takes when he goes about writing anything.
QD: 1.) I found Murray's writing process to be different from mine mainly because I do not sit and think about how I will write something because I will just end up stuck. I just open up word and see what manages to find itself on the page.
2.) Murray seems to connect to his audience in somewhat of an indirect way. To be honest I do not think of  my audience as much as I should mainly because if i write, it is for me and no one else.
3.) Berkenkotter basically just gained a better understanding of how to go about planning and revising. Planning ensures your work comes on strong and revising ensures the fewest mistakes possible are made.
AE: 1.) I would not say that I have a lot of experience with writing, necessarily, but I do seem to be pretty good at it when I have to write. I put in a lot of time into revision because I know how many mistakes I can make as the paper is being written because at that time my focus is on my idea and not my correctness.
MM: To be honest, I did not learn that much from this article as I do many of the things that Murray already explained but the article did help emphasize the importance of revision so I will focus on it more than I already. Your writing can never be revised too many times!
     Although I did not learn much from this article I did enjoy it because it went along with many things that I agree with such as revision. The article was an easy read which was helpful mostly because it is not as technical as some other readings that have been required of us.