“The College Writer”: Chapter 3 – Planning – Exercise
Exercise #1: Author Ken Macrorie claims that “Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident,” Do you agree? Why or why not? Relate Macrorie’s idea to your own writing experiences. How carefully do you plan? How much do you leave to accident?
I completely agree with this statement that the author Ken Macrorie claims above. Yes, I think that an essential part of writing is research and planning for your essay. I also believe that as your brain processes the information as you go along. During this time that you are planning and analyzing the material, new ideas and thoughts may come to mind. That is what this chapter in the book talks about; a “working” thesis. You may write your thesis statement, but after gathering more information and analyzing it a bit, you may change your ideas. If you are dealing with a more narrative, personal experience essay, I think most of this essay’s final draft will be accidental. That is why when you write a paper, you normally have many drafts. It is because of the accidental thoughts that come in and that you jot down. I have done that many of times in everything that I write. Whether you are writing in a card, or writing a note, or an essay, you are bound to have some “accidental” writing pop in there. I think the amount of accidents you input into writing depends. I think that is different each time.
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