So this week we only had one reading and it was about
quotations and how they can be used in an efficient way, but also giving us a
lot of examples on how not to use them. For this weeks reading I actually took
my time to go to Starbucks on state and buy myself an ice latte, finding a seat
in the corner and study with some music in my headphones – the best way to get
some studying out of the way if you ask me!
So this week’s main point in the readings was that in order to become a great writer you need to know the rules and follow them. They compared it with drivers who are in the fast line but they are driving super slow. For many people that is very annoying because it shows that you either don’t know the rules, or that you know them but you don’t care about them. Either way – you lose. Same goes for good writing, you need to know the rules and follow them to satisfy your readers. If you are formatting your paper in the wrong way for instance, your reader will assume that you don’t know what you’re doing or assume that you don’t care about the formatting. It also mentioned that the problematic part about comparing this to the rules when driving is that there are different rules depending on what kind of writing you are doing – and you need to know the ones that are relevant to you and what the purpose of your writing is. A tip that they mentioned that I felt was helpful was that no matter what rule you are not sure about, read your text out loud and if anything feels “difficult to read”, change it! That feels like a good roadmap to follow.
This week’s reading was a little dry, but hey – at least I have my cup of ice latte next to me and some awesome Fall Out Boy tunes in my ears while doing it. I will make sure not to start or end any of my paragraphs with quotations at least – it just feels too risky.
Now it’s time to work on my paper instead, three pages written - three to go!
So this week’s main point in the readings was that in order to become a great writer you need to know the rules and follow them. They compared it with drivers who are in the fast line but they are driving super slow. For many people that is very annoying because it shows that you either don’t know the rules, or that you know them but you don’t care about them. Either way – you lose. Same goes for good writing, you need to know the rules and follow them to satisfy your readers. If you are formatting your paper in the wrong way for instance, your reader will assume that you don’t know what you’re doing or assume that you don’t care about the formatting. It also mentioned that the problematic part about comparing this to the rules when driving is that there are different rules depending on what kind of writing you are doing – and you need to know the ones that are relevant to you and what the purpose of your writing is. A tip that they mentioned that I felt was helpful was that no matter what rule you are not sure about, read your text out loud and if anything feels “difficult to read”, change it! That feels like a good roadmap to follow.
This week’s reading was a little dry, but hey – at least I have my cup of ice latte next to me and some awesome Fall Out Boy tunes in my ears while doing it. I will make sure not to start or end any of my paragraphs with quotations at least – it just feels too risky.
Now it’s time to work on my paper instead, three pages written - three to go!
Hey ave I really like how they compared the reading to a person driving a car and I agree with you to be able to be successful writer you have to follow the rules because its important to show the reader how you care about what you writing and how you organize your paper. One more thing I like how you mentioned “reading your text out loud” because I do the same and its helped me a lot to understand what about im reading and I do the same when I write essay I read out loud what I wrote.
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