Unit 7 Blog Response

My Writing Process & Journey

This Term has been a real 'mixed bag' for me in terms of my writing. Having a lot of externalities happening in my personal and household background on a reasonably regular basis is not exactly conducive to my having cogent and clear writing. Writing well is not always the same as simply having to write for writing's sake. By extension, academic writing has a formality and different dimension to it by comparison with everyday written expression. Regularly reading peer-reviewed journal articles certainly helps to keep my academic 'voice' more free and flowing. This isn't to say that I don't have my own struggles with developing and drafting my Final Papers. I do!. I like to use the Writing Center's Paper Review Service at least once a Term. The service that they provide is a really important resource in my continually improving my writing as a college student.

My writing is also definitely better supported and made a whole lot easier by my having reliable access to a good quantity of up-to-date research material. I have a preference for using mostly peer-reviewed articles from estalished journals. Although, an added advantage of the internet is quicker access to electronic journal archives, whenever I need them.

My writing isn't static. I certainly have plenty of room for improvement and simplification in my written expression. I am frequently re-editing my own material, as well as sharing my material with others who wish to look at it. Having a second (or even third, fourth and fifth) pair of eyes scanning my writing can often pick up on errors of mine that are right there in plain sight.

My writing 'process' is an ongoing one. If I no longer enjoy it, then perhaps that will be a sign for me to simply quit and to start over again.