My Writing

Today for my reading an interesting statement the book made caught my eye. It said, "The best advice on assessing is don't." They go on to explain that when writing we need to let the words flow without worrying if what your writing is right or wrong. When writing for others the book tells me to assess me writing in 2 stages. First consider how well it meets the needs of my particular rhetorical situation, then studying the text itself to check its focus, argument, and organization. You always need to know the purpose of your writing, the audience, the genre, the stance, and the design. Always make sure your readers can understand your argument and what you are talking about in your writing.  In this text they say that writing is like practicing a sport or playing an instrument, it takes time to get it right. Once you have looked through your own paper with a critical eye and had some peer reviews we must now start to revise our draft. Donald Murray says writers need to read, reread, and reread, standing back and perusing the entire text for problems. After reading all the ways I can edit my narrative with the help of myself and my peers I think now it will be easier to find the flaws in my story.