when looking at the tabs in an article we can learn where that article has been and what has happened to it in its past. we get so see how it all started and the steps that people took to get it where it is today. we also get to see how people feel and interpret the article. they enrich our understanding because we get to see the background of the article that we usually dont get to see in writing. we get to see the whole process from start to finish.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Tuning, Tying, and Training Texts: Metaphors for Revision
I think that the revision that is closest to what i do is "fixing things". i tend to write an entire piece before going back and "tinkering" with it until it is complete. or as complete as i can make it and feel somewhat satisfied. when i write i try to get straight to the point without adding too much extra. so it is not often that i need to use "cutting" in my writing. but some times i do find that there are pieces of my writing that need taken out so that the point that i am trying to make can become clearer.
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Hey Colleen, I feel like your second paragraph really speaks to the previous reading assignment we had "Toward a Composing Model of Reading" in that as writers we don't always get to the other side of an article from a reader's perspective. We also have the chance to receive their interpretations of the article as well.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree I'm a mechanic as well, jumping around tinkering and tightening bolts.. exactly how I write papers. If I am to use cutting, it's for a serious like whole paragraph cut.. I usually dont cut too much either because I usually end up getting what I want to say out on paper in a low amount of specific words, so I dont add too much extra either.
ReplyDeleteHi Colleen,
ReplyDeleteI think your second paragraph is a great passage to explore and develop more for your reflection essay. The "View History" tab not only allows us to see a fuller picture of the writing process, what you call "the whole process from start to finish," it also gives us a model of how knowledge is built collaboratively by multiple individuals. In a way, this mirrors the processes in specific disciplines or academic journals. Researches are always adding on to others works. And new works always have "traces" of old texts (see "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community").