The Importance Of Writing: Writing With Style

Essay 2: Writing With Style Fewer words. Two word sentences. Trimble’s lessons on how to become a writer strikes at the fundamentals of how writing has been traditionally taught. As a student, learning how to write usually involves the tedious process of how to best shape your thoughts into the rigid structure of teacher expectation. At times, this best resembles trying to fit an elephant into a refrigerator. A student’s mind is noisy and cluttered, but expansive; however, teaching to memorize rule after rule of how one should write limits the ability for students to convey their thoughts. Experimentation with prose and diction is only to be saved for poetry and creative writing. Yet Trimble finds a way to shed a new light on those who have …show more content…
As Trimble writes, a veteran writer is a conscious writer. It becomes much harder to picture the reader’s emotions and reactions while typing this paper in solitude, staring at a soulless computer screen. This disconnect makes it harder to create the mental picture of having a friendly conversation with the reader. Not only that, but the grading process in writing has also led to the failure to write in a more conscious manner. Writing papers ultimately comes down to how can a paper pack the most amount of information while maintaining the standard of writing expected by the teacher. Very little thought is put into thinking how the paper sounds when read aloud, or how the paper flows when read by someone else. There is pressure to sound like someone you aren’t while writing in this style, similar to how Trimble put it as taking on a godlike pose. Taking these points together, I previously found writing as more of a selfish task. But the truth is that the writer must serve the reader. Keep the paper interesting and engaging. Give the reader a reason to turn to the next page. Add in something fresh that has never been written before. Picture having an active conversation. Lead the reader through the writing. I want to take many of these thoughts with me for papers in the …show more content…
Trimble writes his book as if he is talking with a good friend, cracking jokes and writing by his own rules. He is orchestrating his words and conducting his thoughts in a way that lends himself to control over his writing. And it is this writing that exemplifies what it means to write with confidence. The first step to writing in such a way is described in the beginning in the book, and that is through careful preparation. By understanding who the paper is being read by, and brainstorming which ideas will and will not be used ahead of time, a writer can write with full confidence. It is the difference between a poker player who has the right cards in their hand and knows how to play the hand, compared to a player with an unusable hand desperately trying to play the cards available to them. When writing, the basic structure of the ideas and questions to be answered should be prepared before hand. Then, when the time comes to write, the writer has much more confidence in their ability to write. This confident writing can lead to more experimentation, and more chances to engage the reader, now that all the cards are on the table. When the writer has confidence, the writer is able to effectively lead the reader through their ideas. I hope to write with more confidence as a writer, as usually I compare my writing to others, and usually find myself impressed more with their writing than my own. I want