My Writing Process

It's Not Due till Next Week

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Being able to recognize what one's writing style is is an important trait of being a successful writer.  In the textbook A Student's Guide to Writing, four questions are posed that allow one to use meta-cognition to think about their own writing style.

1.  What type(s) of writer do you consider yourself to be?

I would personally consider myself to be a procrastinator, but I do possess some traits of being a heavy planner once I actually begin to write my pieces. 

2.  Does your writing process include several of the above approaches?  If so, which one?

My writing process heavily dips in the procrastinator pool in that I almost always delay my writing to the final few days, or sometimes even the day of, that the project is due.  However, I wouldn't justify this by saying that I work better under pressure, but rather I feel as though I am capable of churning out good content in a day or two.  In terms of having traits of a heavy planner, when it comes down to actually write, I will usually plan out everything I am going to write from paragraph to paragraph in my head before I begin.

3.  Does your writing process seem to be successful?  What are the strengths and weaknesses of your approach?

I would that my tendencies to plan out my work before beginning to write is successful, but the fact that I heavily procrastinate is not desirable.  Heavy planning is very effective in making my work having  a strong focus on the intended topic as well as being well organized.  The strengths of procrastinating is that it benefits my in my head planning because I finish the work in a short time, meaning I won't really forget too much of what I have planned.  The weakness of procrastinating is that it adds a lot more stress on me than there would be if I had not held off my work.

4.  Do you think it might be beneficial for you to try a different approach?  Why or why not?

I certainly do think that switching up my writing process would be beneficial.  I think that it would be helpful to write down my ideas instead of keeping it all in my head as well as starting the work far ahead of the due date so the stress doesn't hit like a truck!

Feel free to answer these questions yourself and let me know about your writing process!