Thlog #5

Thlog #5

            The quarter system waits for no one and we have sped into our fifth week of writing 2. This week has been busy, with a strong emphasis on breaking down a writer’s “moves”—the techniques that they use to sway an audience. This seems to be the focus of our second writing project, but I still have some hesitation about starting it. The class activities have all been helpful, with the group activities of finding and naming moves being crazy helpful. PB2B became far more approachable since finishing the class activities and I look forward to learning new tips that will make WP2 just as accessible. The assignment has an increased word count which might make it more difficult, but the topic seems deep enough to make reaching it simple enough.

            Rhetoric is still a common topic and it appears that it will stay relevant. No matter what we’re doing be it finding moves or reverse outlining, a connection to rhetoric is always made. The importance of rhetoric is making itself clear as an overarching course concept and does not seem that it will disappear in the near future.

            Moving into WP2 I have taken the comments from Zack to heart and am trying to avoid the same mistakes a second time around. One of the comments questioned the breadth of my paper; I covered many topics at the cost of depth. I learned from that mistake and plan to make the next one better by spending more time in the outlining phase, making sure that I don’t stray from what’s importance. I also plan to use the reverse outline to ensure that I avoid the repetition of ideas and move on from each one effectively. The comments pointed out some flaws that I plan to work out.