The hyperlinked terms in the dropdown menus above each take you to a page that unpacks the term as it relates to the writing process. Often, these pages will provide a kind of \u201cbest practices\u201d for engaging with and developing the element of \u201cwriting for coursework and more.\u201d But before we jump into exploring our key terms, a brief intro. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Writing for college can be challenging for a number of reasons. One difficulty you might face when writing in college can be transitioning from writing for yourself<\/em> to writing for readers<\/em>. While it might be a surprise, writing for yourself and writing for others are very different categories. Understanding the differences between the two is vital to writing great, college-level papers. The key to unpacking the differences between writing for yourself and writing for others is the stages of the college-level writing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writing is NOT a linear process; it is a recursive process that requires you to double back to actually discover <\/em>what you think about a topic. Again, this might be quite a surprise. It was to me. A common metaphor that less experienced writers use to think about writing is that writing is merely recording the ideas in their heads. Sadly, this is not true. College writers often incorrectly imagine that there is an ideal image of what a paper should look like floating around in our heads, waiting to manifest itself on the page. Also, untrue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Composition research tells us that as we write, we actually discover what we think. By putting our ideas on paper and reflecting on them, we are able to determine whether we actually hold one stance or another. Responding to counterarguments, contemplating the implications of our findings, and amassing evidence for our claims are activities that can best be reflected on through writing. For example, sometimes making the case of a counterargument that goes against your own claim will convince you and cause you to change your own position, just as the evidence you actually find may lead you to modify your thesis. Experienced college-writers know that each draft brings them closer to discovering what they really understand about a topic\u2014something they couldn\u2019t have known before starting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uncovering your stance on a topic can be a frustrating and humbling process, but it also allows us as writers to discover larger conclusions and ideas that we couldn\u2019t have realized without the aid of writing. In a sense, it allows us to become more expansive versions of ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that we know that writing actually enables us to figure out our thoughts, we can start to think about how to best approach communicating those thoughts to others. Whereas early drafts of an essay are written in a way that helps the author understand what he\/she\/they think about the topic, later drafts need to be written in a way that helps readers understand and follow each step of a carefully constructed argument. Put differently, while the early drafts are exploratory in nature, later stages of revision have to consider the information a reader needs to have at hand to understand how you achieved your important insights. With this in mind, please check out the links above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to our Aynschrnous writing resources. The hyperlinked terms in the dropdown menus above each take you to a page that unpacks the term as it relates to the writing process. Often, these pages will provide a kind of \u201cbest practices\u201d for engaging with and developing the element of \u201cwriting for coursework and more.\u201d But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcenter.columbiagreene.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}There and Back Again.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Discovery.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Write to Think.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n