{"id":183,"date":"2017-06-11T20:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T03:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/jjburwell\/?p=183"},"modified":"2017-06-11T20:11:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T03:11:56","slug":"wow-im-already-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/jjburwell\/2017\/06\/11\/wow-im-already-done\/","title":{"rendered":"WOW I”M ALREADY DONE!?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That was a quick 2 quarters. That’s 6 months. I can’t believe it.<\/p>\n

Even crazier, I’m already finishing my first year. Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

Last post of the quarter so obviously time to drop the first gif <\/a>of this entire blog. (I’m going to regret this decision later…)<\/p><\/div>\n

So what did I learn in this writing class these two quarters? I don’t even know where to start. This was my first English writing class ever in my life; in Japan we never did English writing and I was pretty much home-schooled in terms of my writing. So I was actually pretty nervous when I first started this class. Looking at where I am now, I can say that I am just a little proud of myself. (maybe more than a little…)<\/p>\n

I think the technique I learned the most was the art of meta-commentary<\/strong>. Since much of my writing came from college essays, it was all about “talk less show more.” That changed 180 degrees. By turning an essay into a conversation with my audience (which of course changes based on rhetoric) I was able to make my points clearer and more effective\/persuasive. IN OTHER WORDS<\/strong>, “explain more less miscommunications!”<\/p>\n

To anyone in next year’s Dr. Lueck’s class: Use this magical phrase and get an A!! (Source<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Also is the mindset that “writing is a process.”\u00a0<\/strong>I always would get caught up in the idea that writing was a mere product of research, or even worse only an assignment. Tackling so many different kinds if writing styles, research methods, and rhetorical consideration, I now can confidently say that writing is definitely a process. Every time I re-read my essays there is something I can change, and I’m never actually FINISHED writing. It just means that I had to stop somewhere.<\/p>\n

So all in all, we learned a lot about methods and concepts to improve our writing, but my main take-away is that in fact I don’t dislike writing; I even kind of like it. It may be tedious at times, but after all, I really like talking to people, and through this class I learned that writing is just talking to people over pieces of paper.<\/p>\n

Happy Writing!!<\/p>\n

– JJ<\/p>\n

(Source<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Special Thanks To:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Lueck, the best writing teacher ever!
\nKelli, the best peer editor in the country!
\nCory, for basically coming up with my entire multimodal project plan!<\/p>\n

You all are the best! Can’t thank you enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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