reading response

1. I believe that writers have to take time over a piece of writing. I feel that everyday someone cannot just wake up and be creative, so in order to have the best piece of writing they need to work at a piece of writing then go back to it the next day and read over it to see if they can improve it or to check through it. I believe this is a difficult experience because of how long it takes and because of the amount of different ideas which can be used in one piece of writing. During the process of writing a paper the writer is likely to make changes many times.

2. On page 33 " The best piece of advice I can give you though, is to tell the Inspired Writer to shut up and let you write." States what she believes the purpose of writing is. I agree with this statement because I believe there should not be any rules to writing and people are likely to write a better paper if they are able to think for themselves. By allowing someone to write their own ideas, encourages personality to show in the writing. I agree with Allen’s ideas or free writing and expressing your own ideas because if everyone followed specific rules then most sets of writing would be the same.

3. I have colluded in the past, when I was younger. I do not believe it is plagiarism because it is someone helping you out. I believe if collusion is plagiarism then so is your tutor correcting or helping you with work because it’s the same thing. If my mum had written my work for me and I had done nothing then yes this is plagiarism but if I write the whole paper and my mum just reads through it to check punctuation I do not believe this is plagiarism.

MM:

There have been many occasions where I haven’t been inspired by something even though I feel like I should have been. If this happens I usually keep reading it to see if I have missed a key factor which would change my view on the reading. If I still feel uninspired I may research the particular topic to improve my knowledge and interest. To help me understand others writing and be inspired I may use imitation so I can understand a particular way someone writes.