Murray-2

1. What was your impression of Murray's writing processes as they're described here? How do they compare to yours? What do you do the same of differently?
3. How did this study change Berkentrotter's understanding of writing processes, particularly planning and revision?
4. What problems with existing methods for studying writing process does Berkentrotter identify? If you read Pearl, did you notice any of these problems in her methods? What do you think they might mean for Pearl's findings? In what ways is Berkentrotter's newer approach to studying writing processes able to solve the weaknesses in other's names, since the audience knows them anyway?

1.I really thought his process was too much. He takes a lot of notes and does too much editing and revising his work.  I don't do a lot of editing. I usually just reread my paper and fix mistakes and add stuff as I go. I do make some revising changes, I'm not as thorough as Murray though.

3. Berkenkotter's study showed that you needed more time to do the planning and revisions than really necessary to complete those tasks. Revisions may take as long as possible to create a paper.

4. The time management with the revising and editing process. Berkenkotter addressed the problems people have with editing. He says that you should do more editing than actually writing the paper. Weaknesses still do remain because not everyone is going to take the approach. 

Decisions and Revisions: The Planning Strategies of a Publishing Writer and Response of a Laboratory Rat or Being Protocoled QDJ 1,2,3, and 4

1.What was your impression of Murray's writing processes as they're described here? How do they compare to yours? What do you do the same or differently?
3. How did this study change Berkenkotter's understanding of writing processes, particularity planning and revision?
4.What problems with existing methods for studying writing process does Berkenkotter identify? If you read Perl, did you notice any of these problems in her methods? What do you think they might mean for Perl's findings? In what ways is Berkenkotter's newer approach to studying writing processes able to solve the weaknesses in other methods? Do any weaknesses remain?

1.I really thought his process was too much. He takes a lot of notes and does too much editing and revising his work.  I don't do a lot of editing. I usually just reread my paper and fix mistakes and add stuff as I go. I do make some revising changes, I'm not as thorough as Murray though.

3. Berkenkotter's study showed that you needed more time to do the planning and revisions than really necessary to complete those tasks. Revisions may take as long as possible to create a paper.

4. The time management with the revising and editing process. Berkenkotter addressed the problems people have with editing. He says that you should do more editing than actually writing the paper. Weaknesses still do remain because not everyone is going to take the approach. 

My Specific Writing Process

My writing process is actually very simple. Most people have a very complex writing style, but I write what I feel. I start off by finding a nice comfortable place to plan out everything. I usually write at Starbucks here on campus. I love the atmosphere and having people around me while I write. I start of by making an outline. In my outline I write the topic at the very top of the paper so I don’t get confused or forget what my point is. After writing down the topic I proceed to outline my paper in chronological order. I do it in order so that if I want to start on a different section first I’ll know where it goes. It usually takes me 30 minutes to an hour to write my outline. I don't write my outline and then write my paper. I write start on my paper the day after I write my outline. On the dirty draft I just free write. I really don't go back and correct mistake after I finish. I write the dirty draft just to see how my paper will look like. I don't change things because I’ll do all the in the first draft. When I write the first draft I try not to make a lot of mistakes so I won't have to do a lot in my second. In my second draft is where I usually add my new ideas in. I do a lot of corrections and change some things. By the second draft my paper is usually completely different. After I’m done with the second draft I’m happy with my paper and ready to turn in the final product. When I’m writing my final paper I like to proofread after every paragraph, this cuts down editing time. Sometimes while I’m doing my final editing I do tend to add new stuff. I don’t do this too much because I don’t want to take the attention off the main topic of that paragraph. I takes me about a week to write my whole paper, sometimes longer. It depends on the length of the paper to determine how long it will take me to write it. That’s pretty much it, like I said my process is very simple.