Friday, September 10, 2010

Reflection- My Writing Process

Typically when I write I usually sit down with a pencil and a notebook. I'll open the notebook and stare at the blank pages for a good fifteen minutes before I decide that I need either a cookie or a cup of coffee (depending on the time of day) before I actually start writing. When I've avoided the pencil and the notebook for as long as I possibly can I sit down again and then resume staring blankly at the pages. Eventually I'll pick up the pencil and start writing and after (roughly) twenty minutes I'll start on my productivity roll. I write and write without revising until I'm a good page over the minimum requirement. Towards the end of my productive mood I go back and edit what I've written, most of the time just scratching out entire sentences. When I've exhausted all creativity and effort I close the notebook and walk away. The next day I'll come back to the assignment and type it up on the computer (revising and rewriting the entire time). When I think I'm done I'll save the draft and leave it alone for a while. An hour of two later I'll go back and re-read it before I print making sure I've caught all my mistakes. Then I print my paper.

1 comment:

  1. Ah, patterns of avoidance - I know them all too well : )

    My apartment suddenly gets VERY clean whenever I have a proposal or manuscript due.

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