In her article, Sondra Perl talks about the patterns of composing. She focuses on the recognition of recursiveness in writing that ultimately helps the writer go forward. This goes beyond looking back at previous phrases or sentences, or some key words and phrases. Felt sense, "which encompasses everything you feel and know about a given subject at a given time", is what writers must keep on going back to in order to compose their writings. The process of putting the felt sense into right words is called retrospective structuring, and the ability to craft what one intends to say
so that it is intelligible to others is called projective structuring. By going through these cycles, writers compose powerful writing with a strong sense of what they are trying to say.
Sondra's article explained the recursive pattern of writing. It was easy to understand and relate to, and by recognizing a pattern that I was not sure of will make me more patient and learn to wait to feel the felt sense and put it in the right words.
It is a very informative article, isn't it? I found it important to reflect upon my own habits of writing and to see where I stand. I'm not sure if I buy into the whole "felt sense" thing." Do you?
ReplyDeleteHow often do you reread the things you have just put down? Sometimes I do it too much, almost as if I'm wasting time. Don't you think adding images to your posts would make your blog look better?
I too go back and proofread my work. It usually helps me come up with a better paper and help me express my thought more clearly. Do you usually proofread your writing? Does it help you?
ReplyDeleteNo Zach, I don't think putting a picture of an author would help your understanding. And I do think finding your felt sense is crucial. I don't know if it's just my personal experience, but finding out what I really feel about a subject is what helps me the most when I'm writing.
ReplyDeleteby the way Zach, are you a Jew? your profile pictures looks a lot like a picture of Woody Allen.
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