I think I have a wider understanding of the different types of writing you can have; for example, before the course, I had no idea a rhetorical analysis was a type of writing and analysis you could perform, and I also didn't have any idea that the writing process as shown in this course should be as careful and detailed as it is and require several steps of revision, rewriting, and reviewing. The biggest change in my writing is probably the new ways I have learned to describe spaces in writing through contextual analysis, purpose analysis, and rhetorical analysis. I think my approach to writing has become richer in the sense that I have more ideas and ways to go about writing and describing scenes, and I know how to revise and review writing using the writing process. In the beginning of the course, I was not quite sure how the writing process worked and how to review my writing, but then over time as I progressed through the course, my knowledge began to grow.
I think I will approach only certain kinds of writing tasks with a new perspective. These certain kinds include writing a novel, which I don't seem to be changing on (I have been writing a book throughout this course), probably because I have used the same method for writing novels for five books in a row and am not able to stray from that after such a long period of time. For other writing tasks, however, I think some changes might include me reviewing, revising, and rewriting the essay or whatever it is several times after completing the first draft, just as encouraged in this course with the first and final draft sequence. I will also describe new scenes and places more clearly, using purpose, contextual, and rhetorical analysis to help me. However, there probably won't be any other changes. I think all of the changes described here will continue after the conclusion of this course, since I think they can come in handy when writing an essay, for example.
And that's all for Writer's Journal #20.
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