I'm taking this class called "Inquiry and Expression" and currently am doing a wonderful job at postponing the writing of paper due in two days. Postponing is such a weird act for me, I don't do it because I don't want to do the task at hand, such as a I would imagine most do. When I postpone, it's me thinking that if I do this now, I won't be able to do a good job. I need to let this idea sink in for a while, and think about it. Writing a mediocre paper seems like such a waste of time for me. I've always also thought that my writing process was incredibly different than the ones that we've been taught. You know, "brainstorm, rough draft, peer edit, revise, final draft". Mine has always been more of "How can I come at this paper a different way?" Then - write, erase,read;write,erase,read. Usually, when a peer or even the professor is reading over my paper and adding small comments, I feel offended. I feel this rage like... "that sentence fragment was on purpose, and it makes sense in that context". Which, as far as I can remember, we have always been taught that sentence fragments are incorrect. Well, GUESS WHAT? The semester previous to this, a professor actually told me what I've been thinking my entire life. THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS WRONG! I felt so full of gratification when she had said that. Needless to say, I will still always use them, and I will still use my writing process. Is it worth losing points for not peer editing? Well, possibly. Either way, I like my way, and I'm sure there are other people who have their own ways of writing a paper. This is a creative process after all, isn't it? Enough postponing for one night I believe, wish me luck.
- Jules
