Anne Lamott has an interesting and even comical standpoint on how to write a paper, but it all actually makes sense and even can give perspective to someone, including myself, on how to better their strategies. As an example, the way i write my papers is usually through revising. Usually, I will start a paper about a week in advance, to give myself tons of time to work with. I will start the first day off by just going to town on the prompt, answering all the questions and hitting all the key points I need to until I am bored of writing, then I will put it away. The next time i come back to it, though, i will read over what i wrote in the previous period and revise what i wrote. Then, i will write a little more and put it away. This goes on until the paper is finished, and i have read over the final copy about a million times. This gets rid of all the anxieties and stresses that comes with writing long scholastic papers. It is somewhat just a recheck of everything i have worked up to until i start writing again. I would say it is an unconventional way of writing papers, but it works for me and i believe it to be the most helpful. The one thing i probably should change about my writing process is in the pre-writing category. I feel if i allowed myself more time in this area, i would spend a great quantity of time less revising the previous days work. Maybe just an outline of some sort would help, but i guess iāll only know if i ever try it. I assume it will help abundantly for this class if i adapt some pre-writing skills because this class seems writing heavy (i.e. writing and rhetoric) and it can only help.Ā
