Friday, March 5, 2010

The L.A.W. :) Learning About Writing

There are many things we can all, as individuals, do in order to be better writers and write a well thought out, complete essay. Here are just a few ideas on how you can easily improve your writing.
Well the first thing you need to do is figure out that you are going to want to be or need to be a writer. Whether it is a career choice or a school assignment.
Then you should pick what kind of writer you are going to want to be. There are a few different types and styles of writing. You can be a change writer, one who hopes that their writing touches people and changes them for the better. Or even give them enough information and knowledge to be informed. There are also propaganda writers, their job involves inviting passive agreement. Or an expository which this person is great with story telling or story writing. Then there are writers that have a clear and concise talent for being able to talk to the average person, or everyday people. The fourth and final kind I found. Discussed in this chapter are different forms of writers and languages that the writers use.
After this you need to decide on a topic. Because everyone needs to know what their topic is or will be. This will obviously reflect your message and what kind of writer you want to be.
These are somethings you should do prior to working on writing the essay, book, article, or any other form of literature.
The biggest most important thing is to say what needs to be said and nothing more. After you have said all you feel is necessary and needs to be known about the topic there is no need to add more. Mainly because it takes away from your writing and sort of makes it boring.
Another thing is that you need to make sure you do not repeat yourself. You need to make sure that you do not repeat yourself because it isn't good to repeat, even though repetition leads to retention. There are somethings that should be repeated but later like when concluding it. The worse thing to do is to repeat yourself more than twice and do it with the same words or with rearranged words it all has the same meaning.
You should know the it is okay to repeat a word, a couple times. Do avoid descriptions when referring to an object instead of saying its name because you've used it before.
Order is very important. You need to do it either chronologically, a cause-effect and solution kind of thing or something along those lines. Organization is key, if your essay is not organized people can get lost. Same or similar issues, topics and descriptions should be together. It makes it easier on the reader.
You language and tone needs to be direct. No beating around the bush. You must say directly what you want to say no matter what it is. Nobody can judge you on your writing, not without jugding their own perfectly first. But at the same time you can't make youself the most important things in the world. No making yourself center of attention but it is ok to make an issue the center of attention.
Your speech, or language, and tone all need to be fitting of your possible audience or your intended readers. The language and tone are the most important things with essays. These set the level of what your essay could be. The better they are the stronger your paper is. Mainly becasue you intended audience can have their own language all their own. You can't expect a regular person to to speak as a doctor does, when they are working. The doctor's vocabulary consist of mainly health and medical terms. While a teller or bank personal speaks in their own language that goes with their groups. Every group has their own language so you would either need to simplify it to make it every reader friendly or just got with a more advanced audience.
Besides these things the basics are necessarily like grammar and spelling. You need to make sure you spell words properly and have complete sentences. Just a little common sense alone can do a lot for your paper but if you want to go above and beyond then listen to the articles written in this chapter and you will get a lot of advice. How you choose to use it is your choice.

3 comments:

  1. Valerie,
    I really enjoyed reading your blog this week. Your blog was very precise and to the point. I like how you broke down all the necessary things someone needs to do in order to become a great writer. Your first step on deciding what kind of writer you are is very important. You need to decide this so you can know exactly how you need to get your point across. I think you made a great point when you said, “The biggest most important thing is to say what needs to be said and nothing more.” This is an important part of writing. I always catch myself going off on random tangents when writing and I have to erase them and get back to the point. I believe if someone read your blog it could help them form a well written essay. I know reading it I got some ideas for my next essay; you did a great job explaining everything so anyone can understand it.

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  2. I loved this blog! I especially liked its structure; I found this blog to well written and smoothly presented. I believe anybody looking to identify himself or herself as a writer could view this blog and get insight. The tone and delivery had spunk while being aligned with graceful diction. I like how you were clear and to the point when it came down to the steps it takes to be a successful writer. I found much pleasure in your closing remarks. You stated, “Just a little common sense alone can do a lot for your paper but if you want to go above and beyond then listen to the articles written in this chapter and you will get a lot of advice. How you choose to use it is your choice.” That is the truth and I am glad that you put that in there. Because all it takes is effort common sense gone come with effort. First, you have to be willing to do the necessary things it takes to become a better writer and many of those things you have listed here. Keep up the good work; I will stop by again before the semester is over.
    Thanks for the insight

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  3. Hi Valeries,
    First of all, your blog title is very creative. It would have sounded better if you didn’t spell out the words. The structure of it’s well organize and easy to follow. The list of what someone needs to do in order to become a good writer is very useful information. Your point is very clear and concise. I think we always are learning more and more every single day. Mostly because there is no way to know everything about everything. There is always going to be someone who can teach you something new. Be it learning through reading a certain article in the newspaper or watching something on the television. There is always going to be something new to learn and be informed on. As for writing I think it is an important thing to be able to separate your writing the everyday simple writers who write about the same things over and over again and show nothing through their work. Overall, great work! I'm looking forward to your next blog!!

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