My Writing Process

On my first blog today, I will be discussing what type of writer I am personally. Writing styles are unique to every person. Through this you, the reader, will start the process of watching me grow as a writer by seeing what base writing identity is.

Ede, Lisa. "Work in Progress: A Guide to Writing and Revising" 

• What Type of writer do you consider your self to be?

I personally view my self as a heavy revisor type of writer. As a young adult belonging to the millennial generation, my thoughts flow easier as I start to type/write. It is after I set down all my ideas in a somewhat coherent way, that I go back and revise my work to the point of complete coherence and easy understanding to you, the reader. 

• Does your writing process include several of the above approaches? If so, which one? 

I feel that I relate to two of the writing approaches listed in 3.2 "Discovering Your Writing Process." As stated above in my first answer, I am a heavy revisor type of writer. Along with that, I find my self a heavy procrastinator as well. In a way, it is almost contradictory in the sense that most revisor's get the piece done early so they have more type to revise later on. What I should add also is that these two parts of my writing style do often cause my late night stress, with relieving success.

Dilmen, Nevit. "Child and Computer"

• Does your writing process seem to be successful?  What are the strengths and weaknesses of your approach?

My writing process is often successful, but it does not come with out high stress during the process. I admit to my faulty writing process, but do not deny its successful tendencies after the fact. Its strengths far exceed the weaknesses. As strengths go, I can allow myself to view ideas in front of me and then evaluate if they are good enough to keep or to invest more time on. For a weakness, my procrastination will often sometimes make me look over some important grammatical errors or holes in my thought process.

• Do you think it would be beneficial for you to try a different approach? Why or why not? 

Change is not always good. I feel that if something isn't broken or lacking in quality, don't replace it. I'm perfectly aware of the advantages that some of the other writing styles have over mine own, yet I prefer my style over others due to success with it in my immediate past experiences. 

It is through the questions and their answers above that I relay my personal writing habits to you. Here, you learned what I do from my side of the computer screen. As I sign off, I would like you to think about how you would characterize yourself as a writer and if it works for you or should it be changed. 

REFLECTION:

As I looked around my fellow classmates blogs, I found that many are like me. Fellow students such as Hallye and Victoria This being in the sense that they like to let their ideas flow out and then go back to revise them later. As well at the same time, there are many people out there who are heavy planners and cant understand how people don't plan out there papers before hand. It is through looking over these pieces that I have concluded that it wouldn't hurt to try planning before hand to see if I get less stress and less work after the first draft. I am going to see where this new process will take me.