Preliminary Notes
To be honest, I
don’t really think that…, because in fact they are not essential for our
physical existence. But maybe they are essential for our spirit.
What we write
remains forever. Man can exert a great power with the things he writes. You
cannot change it.
Something that
you read may change your life forever. And there are certain types of writings
that can even save your life.
It is a
different way of communicating things.
Writing touches
emotions.
You can read the
same things over and over again, and according to the moment in which you read
it, you experience different things in your inner self.
Writing has the
power to show you who you are. You have the chance to read and reflect upon
what you are reading.
Based on the
same piece of writing, various opinions arise and great variety of interpretations.
The text takes
independence from the writer. It transcends time and place. Affects people
belonging to different cultures and historical times.
Some written
pieces are like a window to ancient times, and are helpful to explore ‘past
times’.
Tool of
communication.
Writer: Think about famous writers, but in
fact, anybody could be a writer.
Reading what
somebody else has written can be a way of sharing an experience with a total stranger.
It is a way of connecting and interacting with unknowns
WRITING AND WRITERS ARE A MUST
Only by reading
the title one may be tempted to ask: Is it really so? Some people may claim
that we can go on living without the presence of any writing or writer; and
although this is true, because in fact writing is not essential for our human
existence, writing is essential for our spirit.
Writing is much
more than a mere tool that serves the purposes of communication; it exerts
great power. Writing has the power to get to people’s deepest thoughts and
emotions and who those peoples really are. In addition, what somebody writes
remains forever, so people have the chance to read the same piece of writing
over and over again. This creates the possibility to read the same at different
moments, or to reflect upon what you are reading, so the writing will affect
each people in a different way according to the moment. There are even some
pieces of writing that could change a person’s life forever, and this is exactly
why it could be said that it exerts great power.
Writing can also
be a way of sharing an experience with a total stranger; so in this way, it
gives the possibility of connecting with people…
Metacognitive Analysis:
Even before becoming
embedded with the theory, it can easily be said that this is definitely not a
good piece of writing. So, after having considered the theoretical aspects
regarding the process of writing, what has been typed above should not even be
called ‘writing’. As the name itself reveals, writing is a Process, and I had
never viewed it from that perspective before.
Since writing is
a process, there are several steps to follow; unfortunately, I was not aware of
that fact. At the very moment in which I was supposed to put all my knowledge into
practice and cause an impression since it was my first Writing class in the
year, I was blocked, staring at the blank sheet of paper, and with tens of
opposing ideas rounding my mind. I knew for sure that I could not simply jump
into the writing without organizing my ideas first, or giving some thought to
the central idea I wanted to develop. So I started writing down some
‘preliminary notes’, that is, all the ideas that crossed my mind when I thought
about the topic. After that, I started to organize them following different
criteria, but I realized that time was flying by and my sheet of paper was
still in blank, so I just started writing bearing in mind that I was just
supposed to finish the task and hand in some kind of ‘product’. However, in
this frenetic race against the clock, I forgot to think about the real reason
why I was writing.
Now, in the
light of the theory, I discovered that the Prewriting phase can still be
improved I my case, trying to make clear how ideas are interrelated, maybe
through a web, mind map or some other kind of diagram. Even though I wrote the
ideas, I never structured them before starting to write. And as regards what
follows the preliminary-notes section, it can be said that it is not still a
writing, but a draft. This Drafting phase can still be improved, since I had
many ideas, but I did not narrow the focus of my writing. I should have also
devoted some time to think about an interesting introduction, and I also should
have provided a solid conclusion, which is missing in the draft. Once the
drafting phase is accomplished, I should move on to the following steps in the
writing process: revising, editing and publishing.
Finally, the appropriate
format for a writing was not respected. I was not aware of the existence of MLA
or APA formats, and I should also take them into account when I write.
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