| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Murray, Donald. The Maker’s Eye. nabuckler.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-makers-eye.pdf.
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| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words |
Donald Murray writes about the writing process in The Maker’s Eye. There were so many points that I had never thought about in a writing process. His opening statement about the difference between amateur and professional writers is both enlightening and frustrating as that amateur writer. I agree with Murray’s claim that drafting is hard, especially when you must give up sentences and ideas during revisions. I had never heard of the seven key elements of effective writing, which are subject, audience, form/genre, structure, development, dimensions, and tone. They give a new light to my writing process that I am excited to start using. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.
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I liked the concept that a piece of writing is never finished. I had never thought of it that way before but after thinking about how writing inspires us, I see how that is a true idea. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This article connects to another article I have read at the start of every English semester for probably the last 2 years, and that is Anne Lamott’s Shitty First Drafts. They both dive into the concepts that your first attempt at writing something is going to suck and that’s okay. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
How can we as writer’s stop being our own worst enemies? |
