1.8 My Writing Process

I never knew my writing style could be categorized under a specific type. I didn't even know that there were different types to begin with. Dr. Lisa Ede explains that there are four different types of writers; heavy planners, heavy revisers, sequential composers, and procrastinators.

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-Out of these four types of writers, I would consider my writing to be in the heavy revisers type. Normally I do not have a type of plan, mapping out my work, so instead I will start writing and figure out the rest along the way. 

-If I had to pick a second approach that best describes me it would be the procrastinators. Although we all procrastinate, I have found that I often used to wait until the last minute and only proofread once. 

-I am satisfied with my writing process although of course there are different aspects of my writing I need to work on. Using the heavy revising approach gives the writer the chance to go over their work throughly and improves their paper. However, if the writer relies on revising too much, he or she could spend too much time revising and no produce their best work as the deadline drew closer. 

-Different approaches provide different strengths and weaknesses. It would be wise to try different approaches to see if one fits me better and to see what ways I like or don't like. If I were to try a different type of writing I would choose heavy planners because it seems like a style I could adapt to.

REFLECTION:
After viewing other students writing assignments, I feel well connected with the others. The writers that I viewed all had the same writing process as I wrote. I wonder if I viewed all of the other students work, if we would all have the same process. Surely someone must have a different style they use. Of the blogs that I viewed, I commented on Jorge's and Felicia's.