| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | “The Maker’s Eye” by Donald Murray
DONALD M. MURRAY is the author of articles, novels, and poetry, and writes the weekly “Over 60” column for The Boston Globe. His work on the craft of writing (in addition to many articles for The Writer) includes several books, among them A Writer Teaches Writing (Houghton Mifflin), Learning by Teaching (Heinemann, Boynton/Cook), Writing for Your Readers (Globe Pequot Press), Write to Learn, Read to Write, and the Craft of Revision (all Harcourt Brace), and most recently, Crafting a Life in Essay, Story, Poem (Heinemann, Boynton/Cook). |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | Murray states at the beginning of this article, when a beginner writer completes his first draft he is looking to check for grammatical errors and structure. When a professional writer completes his first draft it is the start of a writing process. The difference between amatuer and professional writers is experience. All writers must accept criticism and must accept praise of others. Writers can never depend on others to do their work. The seven elements of writing are essential to having a good piece of writing. Murray emphasizes on his personal writing and on how to write good essays. After Murray writes his manuscript he checks to be sure he has all the seven elements of writing. A piece of writing is never finished, it is delivered by a certain deadline. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | “A piece of writing is never finished. It is delivered to a deadline, torn out of the typewriter on demand, sent off with a sense of frustration and incompleteness.” (Murray,4) This term is new to me because I never knew that a piece of writing took this long to process and publish. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This article connects me to Elbow because Elbow and Murray both talk about their personal life and how they write in their life. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | What is the main difference between an amatuer writer and a professional writer? |