“Development of disciplinary writing,” (Roozen, 182) the act of looking at a person’s literacies and seeing the improvement of writing. I found through my interview, of Tais Mitchell, that this literacy practice is true. First Tais and I talked about his everyday literacies (including social media) and how they have affected his writing and the development of his literacies. After that we discussed barriers that he has overcome in his life to become an improved writer. Next, Tais told me about the things that have best influenced his literacy skills to this day. Finally, Tais reflects on his writing style, how it has always been the same and the fact that it does not change is what possibly holds him back from writing better. All of these
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We broke it down in a couple of more steps to map it out better. First he usually does his research (whether that be rereading a novel, getting quotes, or looking up a topic), then he writes a drafty outline (sometimes this step is optional), next he writes the intro and conclusion so as to get a general idea of what to write, finally Tais’s rereads the paper and has someone with “fresh eyes” look over the paper and suggest changes. This writing style has, for the most part, always been Tais’s go to process when writing an essay. Sometimes, he feels, as if this process has not always been the best and brainstormed some ideas to improve on it, e.g. a real outline or more peer input. Me and Tais discuss Lindsey’s “rings project,” In Roozen’s essay.(Roozen, 173) Lindsey talks about how she was “constantly sketching panes and rearranging them in every imaginable” way (of course in her actual project she used facts in place of the panes). (Roozen, 174) Tais felt that the process in which Lindsey went thru to write her paper was “over complicated” and “a waste of time.” (Tais) I agreed with him and even though the process of Lindsey’s argument was a great example of extradisciplinary writing, recognizing that the way you write may not be the best and acting upon that realization is another great way to do extradisciplinary
We broke it down in a couple of more steps to map it out better. First he usually does his research (whether that be rereading a novel, getting quotes, or looking up a topic), then he writes a drafty outline (sometimes this step is optional), next he writes the intro and conclusion so as to get a general idea of what to write, finally Tais’s rereads the paper and has someone with “fresh eyes” look over the paper and suggest changes. This writing style has, for the most part, always been Tais’s go to process when writing an essay. Sometimes, he feels, as if this process has not always been the best and brainstormed some ideas to improve on it, e.g. a real outline or more peer input. Me and Tais discuss Lindsey’s “rings project,” In Roozen’s essay.(Roozen, 173) Lindsey talks about how she was “constantly sketching panes and rearranging them in every imaginable” way (of course in her actual project she used facts in place of the panes). (Roozen, 174) Tais felt that the process in which Lindsey went thru to write her paper was “over complicated” and “a waste of time.” (Tais) I agreed with him and even though the process of Lindsey’s argument was a great example of extradisciplinary writing, recognizing that the way you write may not be the best and acting upon that realization is another great way to do extradisciplinary