Week 8 Reading

I thought the readings this week were pretty average. The message of the first one (Everything is an Argument) was pretty straight forward; however, in my opinion it was just a long winded way of explaining the conventions of good writing. It discussed the entire process of writing essentially from conjuring up an idea to how to professionally present yourself through language. It is the fundamentals of writing that we have learned throughout the years, how to organize your thoughts, what the best structure of pieces of writing is, how to choose your words according to your audience, etc. I thought it was more of a review than anything, but hey thats cool too; never hurts to polish up the 'ol writing skills. A lot of what was discussed based on how to choose your words to best get your message across in the easiest, understandable, and memorable way. Appeal to your audience by keeping their attention. No one wants to sit there and hear another person go on with another dull speech with no voice, no attitude, no creativity. Make your audience interested in what you have to say. I thought the importance of rough draft that was stressed was a pretty crucial point in creating a piece of writing all ideas have to get out some how. Just throw a bunch of slop on the paper as long as you're thinking and getting your ideas out on paper. After you have your shit-show of a first draft you can rest on it, its like getting into an anger driven situation, if you sleep on it that gives your thoughts time to settle and be revised with a fresh mind. Another major factor into the planning of a piece of writing should be completely answering for your audience the "who cares?" question. As I discussed earlier make your audience feel inclined to listen to you, convince them that your message has substance that could be of interest to them. If you can achieve that, well then you've got 'em hooked. Now reel 'em in and finish them off with a kick ass conclusion that will leave them wondering how someone's words could be so magnificently bonkers. Fireworks...everywhere.