My Writing Process

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1.     What type(s) of writer do you consider yourself to be?
Deep in everyones thought process, in everyones tendencies and within every persons mind, a procrastinator is hiding.  Some people procrastinate writing while others procrastinate the dishes.  I will be brutally honest with myself and I will admit that I am absolutely a procrastinating type of writer.  I have never really been one of the types of people that enjoy writing and thinking critically about pieces of literature; however, when something needs to get done, I get it done.  I am certainly more of a heavy planner than I am a heavy reviser.  I like to think long and hard about what my thoughts are before I begin expressing them to others. This generality applies to my writing as well.  I do not like to revise my work, rather, I like to revise my work as minimally as possible.  I enjoy correcting myself to an extent, but when the correcting gets extensive I find myself getting frustrated that I failed so miserably the first time around.

2.     Does your writing include several of the above approaches? If so, which ones?
As I said in my response to the first question, I am surely a bit of a procrastinator; however, I am more of a planner than I am a revisor.  Planning is not easy and it is time consuming, but I would rather plan out a paper than admit that I made unintelligent mistakes and revise those mistakes in the future.

3.      Does your writing process seem to be successful?  What are the strengths and weaknesses of your approach?
I like to imagine that my writing is successful. I feel as though I am able to get my point across, potentially convince an audience of something I believe in, and do it in an eloquent matter, but thats probably my confidence talking.  I consider myself a decently successful writer. I give myself credit for being fluent and using intelligent words and using those intelligent words in the best places.  Sometimes my writing may seem a little weak because I am not very passionate about the subject matter, and thus my responses get flustered and off topic.  When I write about something hat I find interesting or that I enjoy, my wiring, I would hope, turns out rather well.

4.     Do you think it might be beneficial to try a different approach? Why or why not?
I think that it would not be very beneficial for me to try a different approach.  If I tried to accomplish more during my revising portion of my writing, I may just get frustrated and lose my confidence.  That is one of the more important things to me because if I feel as though I can write well, I like to actually try to write rather well.  If I tried to change significantly, I don't think that my writing would end very well.