Reflect on YOUR writing process. How do you approach written assignments? What are the strengths and weaknesses of your current approach? by

I just start writing and get really deep into it, then hours later realize I'm writing about something totally different....

2024-12-06 19:00:38 UTC

My Writing Approach

2024-12-06 19:04:33 UTC

I review each element and component of the prompt.

I then ask myself what am I being asked to do. Then, I form a general outline of what needs to be included in my writing. Then I step back and write it in my head on how I want to present it. Once I feel this approach will work, I write until I can’t anymore. Then I draw it down to ensure I get my point across and then make it concise.

This has helped me over the years. My weakness would be to add too many tangents in my story telling.

samirperezco — 2024-12-06 19:04:36 UTC

While writing is a skill that I developed later on in life, I learned to employ careful planning. Usually considering a what and why am I writing x prompt?

My Writing Process - Ideas to Final Draft (Emily)

2024-12-06 19:04:48 UTC

My approach to writing begins by jotting down every idea or thought that comes to mind regarding the prompt. From there, I recognize patterns or identify things that stand out. Next, I create an outline and strategize the important points I need to address or emphasize. After that, I work on my draft and revise it for the final version. My strength I would say is my creativity and an area I would want to improve is bringing out more emotion in my writing.

Intuition

jonathanchavez1_1 — 2024-12-06 19:06:11 UTC

I like to make bullet points to outline my writing assignments. I think I can connect dots well, but I can overuse commas so sometimes I struggle to break down sentences and be direct.

My writing process

2024-12-06 19:08:49 UTC

I try to get writing assignments done at one time and I do think it hinders my work a lot of the time. I feel like I have a strong vocabulary, however I struggle with conveying emotions and getting my message across. I can be a bit wordy and need to work on developing that building that conciseness. I also want to get better and connect ideas together instead of them being completely separate. Tying them in is the key.

Liam's Train of Thought

2024-12-06 19:08:57 UTC

When writing it really depends on the prompt how I decide to approach it. Certain prompts I feel confident answering as a stream of conscious. Other writings I feel the need to do more intensive outlines. Most of my writings I do through just writing out my drafts and then revising and editing them to perfection.

josephsahap0 — 2024-12-06 19:11:03 UTC

I usually make a quick outline to deeply organize my thoughts. Then I write a draft, just focusing on getting all my ideas down on paper. After that, I revise it to make it clearer and fix any mistakes. I think I’m good at explaining things and organizing ideas, but I overthink to make everything seem as perfect. I know that this desire of perfection slows me down. So I’m trying to just trust my intuition and first drafts more to not get stuck on small unimportant details. 🍀

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2024-12-06 19:18:16 UTC

To make ink into words or transform thoughts into words, it sometimes feels like directing traffic with no stop lights. Ideals' honking, emotions yelling, everyone in a rush to make the daily news. Writing, it's a challenge but one I enjoy.

Marco Alvarez

I know it's long, but it works for me. (Tabia)

2024-12-06 19:18:24 UTC

When I have to write an assignments, at first I start thinking about it on my head and draw an imagination draft. I try to brainstorm and I do it before doing any research or start writing. For this, I don't separate any time. I just do this brain work while doing other stuffs over the days. I feel like this is just a mental prep for me before diving into the main paper.

When I'm done with my mental prep, I spend some hours actually writing the paper and doing my research on the topic. When I write my first draft, I don't care about the grammar or sentence structures. I just put down all my thoughts in the doc. When I feel like I have all the important topics and ideas written on, I start working on the grammars and sentence structures, making it sound like "formal/professional". I do all of this writing process in 5/6 hours, in one seating. Otherwise I loose focus if I take breaks.

After that, I don't look at that paper for 1/2 day. After the 1/2 day break, I come back to the paper and reread. That time i find a lot of faults and areas that can be improved. I work on that again for another 2/3 hours and finally submit it.

This is exactly what I did while writing my Cell Biology research paper in the last 2 days.

For improvement, I think I should try to see if I can spend a little less time doing this all process. But I always get full/almost full points in all my writing assignments, lab reports or research papers.