Thursday, June 17, 2010

What are the techniques experienced writers use and how would they befit student readers?

Experienced writers look at an article as more than just another paper to write. Every time they pick up pen and paper they try their best to become completely absorbed with the topic they have to write about. The article “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” by Nancy Sommers the author presents some techniques used by experienced writers when it comes to revising. The article claims take their time to do it right. They don’t concentrate on finishing their essay as fast as possible, and they don’t finish their first draft on their first try. Writing usually involves constant scratching and rewriting, analyzing and restructuring. There’s one idea that really caught my attention from the author. “Never fall in love with what you have written in the first or second draft.” Experienced writers believe that the most important thing in forming an essay is shaping their argument. Experienced writers are really dedicated when it comes to their writing. They don’t settle for the simple writing. They really take the time to make sure their message is clearly delivered On the other hand Students don’t dedicate as much time to their essay’s as they should. Usually they concentrate on finishing it as fast as possible and not really putting in the time to perfect it. Their definition of revising is just scratching out and rewording. They fix and clean up only what gets corrected and don’t really take the time to form the essay correctly. They don’t really get into their writing. That’s why I think they have so much trouble achieving good writing. Picking up techniques from experienced writers would really benefit students when it comes to their writing. Taking more time to read and correct their essays, just en extra couple looks would change student writing for sure.

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