As ENG101-03P is a First Year Writing course, writing must be the main goal of the course. Writing is not only putting words together to make sentences, compiling sentences into paragraphs to make papers, but also developing a strong and central thesis statement, using appropriate structure to convey the message, synthesising relevant and sounding evidence to support what the writer wants to convince the readers.
The first step of writing is to choose what to write. I would come up with a general topic that I want to address. After that, I would read relevant books and research to see if there is something that interests me in particular. Then research that specific thing more deeply and more in detail. With all background information, I would come up with a these statement that I want to argue. This statement should be one sentence that says the core of the idea, including causation, relationship between two things, and so on. It is important that thesis statement should not be general and is better to be as specific as possible. With a thesis statement, I would take down all the useful quotes that can be used as evidence from all different sources. These sources include books, journals, websites, images, news and so on. For example, I went to Woodruff Library to look for these things with the help of DiscoverE which directed me to the materials I want. In order to verbalise non-text based resources, I would try my best to describe pictures with words and make transcript relevant lectures and videos. I would then develop an enough number of sub-theses and organise pieces of evidence into each of them to make an outline. Then, I would sit down with a cup of coffee and start the actual writing process.
However, finishing writing is not the end of assignment. I would then read out loud what I have written and correct wherever that does not sound correctly. Since I am not a native speaker of English, I would bring my draft to the language lab on campus and have the tutor to check for any grammar mistakes. After submitting the first draft, Dr. Holt would give her comments and in-text correction. I would then make the corrections and think how I could make it better.
Another important thing I want to point out is that writing as a group is different from writing as an individual. Instead of putting everything that one person thinks to be true, a lot of discussion and negotiation are needed before actually writing down the ideas.
Although there are many other ways to convince someone else what I believe, I think that writing remains as the most basic form. Unlike orally conveying the message, writing allows me to edit back and forth of what I want to say so that I can be well prepared to present the best of my argument. Sometimes, I need to talk about abstract concepts, such as identity. In this case, writing is better than using pictures.
The first step of writing is to choose what to write. I would come up with a general topic that I want to address. After that, I would read relevant books and research to see if there is something that interests me in particular. Then research that specific thing more deeply and more in detail. With all background information, I would come up with a these statement that I want to argue. This statement should be one sentence that says the core of the idea, including causation, relationship between two things, and so on. It is important that thesis statement should not be general and is better to be as specific as possible. With a thesis statement, I would take down all the useful quotes that can be used as evidence from all different sources. These sources include books, journals, websites, images, news and so on. For example, I went to Woodruff Library to look for these things with the help of DiscoverE which directed me to the materials I want. In order to verbalise non-text based resources, I would try my best to describe pictures with words and make transcript relevant lectures and videos. I would then develop an enough number of sub-theses and organise pieces of evidence into each of them to make an outline. Then, I would sit down with a cup of coffee and start the actual writing process.
However, finishing writing is not the end of assignment. I would then read out loud what I have written and correct wherever that does not sound correctly. Since I am not a native speaker of English, I would bring my draft to the language lab on campus and have the tutor to check for any grammar mistakes. After submitting the first draft, Dr. Holt would give her comments and in-text correction. I would then make the corrections and think how I could make it better.
Another important thing I want to point out is that writing as a group is different from writing as an individual. Instead of putting everything that one person thinks to be true, a lot of discussion and negotiation are needed before actually writing down the ideas.
Although there are many other ways to convince someone else what I believe, I think that writing remains as the most basic form. Unlike orally conveying the message, writing allows me to edit back and forth of what I want to say so that I can be well prepared to present the best of my argument. Sometimes, I need to talk about abstract concepts, such as identity. In this case, writing is better than using pictures.