Lesson Five - Questions

Write a question about any writing problem you think other students might also be experiencing.

How do you decide on which is the best idea to write about?

Which of the techniques for generating ideas for essays has been most valuable to you? Why? Give an example from the writing you have done so far.

Freewriting has been the most valuable technique for me because it’s the only time that I find myself writing without inhibition. For my essay “Grief is Not a Good Mixer for Alcohol” I wrote a lot about my personal experience in my freewrite which made it useful for me to pick out parts that I could discuss in the third person.

Which technique would you choose not to use again? Why?

I would not use the believing/doubting game again as a strategy for pre-writing. I have a really hard time imagining other people’s views. My mind gets stuck on my view and I ended up just sitting there writing nothing.

What have you learned about yourself during this lesson?

I learned in this lesson that I’m not as smart as I think I am. English was always an easy subject for me in school but it has been my hardest subject so far in college. Even with the pre-writing strategies I had a hard time coming up with issues to write about.

What have you learned about your instructor’s expectations of you?

The instructor expects me to thoroughly read each assignment and to follow directions completely. She expects me to read the work that is assigned and to learn as much as I can during this short semester.