Writing Process
The writing process discussed in From Inquiry to Academic Writing is a good way I believe to be a good writer. I have used the writing process described in From Inquiry to Academic Writing to an extent, but have not done it entirely in the process they suggest. When putting together and thinking about a writing assignment, I do most of the things that is described. I may not do these suggestions or outline in the order the writers suggest though. For example, in Chapter 3, when the authors speak of analyzing the reasons used to support a claim, I review all of the ideas but do not go in the order that the authors describe in the book, such as recent to relevancy, to reliability. All of the information is valuable in From Inquiry to Academic Writing and will lead to a strong writer, no doubt. The ideas to developing a thesis is a bit long, and in the time it takes to read Chapter 5, someone could develop a strong thesis. Realizing the ideas in the book to reaching a solid thesis is helpful though. When I begin to write a paper, I first develop what I want to focus my paper on based on personal knowledge and interest, if we have the choice of choosing the topic. After that I develop a stance, if that is necessary and slowly, through writing notes and working through my essay I come together with a hopeful solid essay. I also do the little things, as maintaining credibility and at some point going through many of the steps described in From Inquiry to Academic Writing, to make my essay the strongest it can be, although it doesn’t always work that way. Finally, after the essay is entirely complete with writing, I go back reading for corrections, grammar, word choice and any other corrections that strengthen my paper. Often, I admit my rough drafts do not have the benefit of editing as much as they deserve, but is something I am continuing to work on.