Alexander England

I began this course with little knowledge of a proper writing process. I had a skill of writing but only writing. Not editing, or revision, or even a sense of invention. It is not that I look back and can see the progress and prosper. How the game has changed so much I can no longer even visualize what it once looked like before. There are a few things that I would like to point out that I have learned. The first is the efficacy of invention. Taking time to root out ideas and find the points you need to make a solid paper were things I once thought to be a waste of time. Now I see that they are valuable things that take any writer to the next level. Furthermore, I learned the difference between an invoked and a real audience. How while some write to the world you can look deeper into what they are writing and find what audience was intended. It is something that makes my wiring a lot better because I can visually see the audience I am trying to reach. I can think of a crowd that I would read the writing to and know who the crowd was and what characteristics they had. Eliminating the notion that when you write you write to everyone was an enlightening experience that made me realize there is a lot more to writing than writing itself. 

The effects of this class and the things I have learned will impact my future greatly. Not only as a writer but a reader as well. It will make me think of the texts I read and think of what the author’s invoked audience is. There will be times I sit down to write but instead of blatantly writing words on a piece of paper or typing them in a word processor it will be the first step of invention that takes its place. There are times to be fast and there are times to be patient. The most important lesson I have learned is that being patient in writing and the writing process itself produces efficient and excellent work that I can and will be proud of.