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amaal 8rlgman
Mr 8orrero
LnCL 1101
CcLober 3 2011

orLralL of a WrlLer
Lvery wrlLer has Lhelr own hablLs and pracLlces before and durlng Lhelr wrlLlng process
Pow Lhey use and apply Lhose pracLlces ls up Lo Lhe wrlLer AL Lhe same Llme every wrlLer has
Lhelr sLrengLhs and weaknesses dependlng on whaL Lhey llke Lo wrlLe abouL ersonally l have
my own dlfferenL and unlque wrlLlng processes Lo help me wlLh essays and composlLlons
1hroughouL Lhls essay l wlll explore wlLh you my wrlLlng processes before durlng and afLer as
well as explore how Lhese wrlLlng pracLlces have helped me ln Lhe pasL
8efore l sLarL any essay l llke Lo puL myself ln a cerLaln sLaLe of mlnd ln order Lo do
Lhls l wear cerLaln cloLhes Lo make myself feel more comforLable Some of Lhese parLlcular
cloLhes lnclude a L shlrL baskeLball shorLs my green and yellow wrlsLbands my padded nlke
sandals and my WalMarL cap 1he reason l wear a LshlrL and baskeLball shorLs ls because Lhey
are my lelsure cloLhes l can go anywhere wlLh [usL Lhose parLlcular cloLhes on lf l really wanLed
Lo buL l mosLly wear Lhem because l sleep ln Lhem afLer l flnlsh sLudylng or dolng homework
1he only reason l wear my green and yellow wrlsLbands ls because Lhey are meanlngful by
remlndlng me where l spenL mosL of my hlgh school years sLudylng aL My nlke sandals are my
favorlLe shoes Lo wear because Lhey are really comforLable My mosL meanlngful lLem ls my
WalMarL cap uurlng my monLhs aL WalMarL l earned Lmployee of Lhe MonLh" Lwo monLhs
ln a row 1he reason why l wear my cap ls because lL remlnds LhaL l can do anyLhlng lf l puL my
mlnd Lo lL Lherefore l LreaL my sLudylng and homework as my [ob
More pracLlces and hablLs LhaL l perform before l sLarL wrlLlng are Laklng a nlce hour and
a half nap and movlng Lo clean and sollLary envlronmenL 1he reason why l usually Lake a nap
before l begln any paper ls because l llke Lo feel refreshed lL feels as lf l am more prone Lo
make mlsLakes lf l am exhausLed whlle wrlLlng l only Lake a nap for an hour and half because
LhaL ls one 8LM cycle ln sychology l learned LhaL sleeplng ln 8LM cycles helps you feel more
refreshed (8LM cycles are dlvlded lnLo nlneLy mlnuLe lnLervals) l choose worklng ln a clean and
sollLary envlronmenL because l feel as lf l could geL more work done versus worklng ln a messy
loud area l speclflcally say sollLary lnsLead of sllenL envlronmenL because l llke Lo llsLen Lo
muslc as l work
uurlng my wrlLlng process l do Lhlngs LhaL are even more unlque ln sLyle Lhan whaL l do
before l sLarL wrlLlng llrsL of all l llke Lo sLand up whlle Lyplng or wrlLlng ln order Lo keep
myself awake Whenever l run lnLo wrlLer's block l go over Lo Lhe mlrror ln my room and sLare
lnLo lL lor me whenever l look aL myself l see Lhe unlverse and all of Lhe answers l need come
flylng aL me l also llke Lo encourage myself Lo keep wrlLlng whenever l feel llke dolng
someLhlng else LhaL ls a dlsLracLlon
Llke every wrlLer l have my favorlLe and leasL favorlLe Lypes of composlLlons My
favorlLe Lypes of composlLlons Lo wrlLe are auLoblographles AuLoblographles are easy Lo wrlLe
because l en[oy Lalklng abouL myself and l can expound my LhoughLs on a loL of dlfferenL
sub[ecLs abouL me My leasL favorlLe composlLlons Lo wrlLe are research papers because lL
Lakes so much work Lo look up lnformaLlon LhaL you have Lo geL from a credlLed source l feel
as lf every wrlLer does hls or her besL work whlle wrlLlng abouL someLhlng Lhey have a passlon
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!amaal 8rlgman
Mr 8orrero
LnCL 1101
CcLober 11 2011
Analyzlng ?our orLralL Lssay
AfLer waLchlng my vldeo l learned LhaL l exhlblLed many hablLs boLh good and bad
Some of Lhese hablLs l already knew abouL and oLhers l never even noLlced unLll l waLched Lhe
vldeo 1he purpose of Lhls analysls ls Lo help me become a beLLer wrlLer overall l have Lo know
my mlsLakes and weaknesses and flx Lhem l wlll dlscuss and analyze Lhese hablLs LhroughouL
my paper
8efore wrlLlng chooslng Lhe envlronmenL LhaL l work ln deLermlnes how producLlve l
wlll be whlle wrlLlng my paper usually l work ln my room by myself wlLh classlcal muslc
playlng ln Lhe vldeo l explalned how my roommaLe was sleeplng so l had Lo flnd anoLher
place Lo work 1here for l Lraveled downsLalrs Lo Lhe sLudy area by Lhe common room lL was
sllenL and l worked by myself buL l dld noL have any lnLerneL connecLlon so l could noL geL my
classlcal muslc off of ?ou1ube l had Lo subsLlLuLe classlcal muslc for hlp hop rap and pop
muslc wlLh lyrlcs off of my l1unes 1hls dld noL prove Lo be very producLlve because l was
dlsLracLed by Lhe words of Lhe songs and l would caLch myself slnglng along ln Lhe fuLure l wlll
have Lo noL llsLen Lo any muslc wlLh lyrlcs ln order Lo make my wrlLlng process fasLer and more
efflclenL
ln Lhe eLhnography as l was worklng on Lhe drafLlng phase of my paper Lhe flrsL Lhlng l
dld was Lhlnk of an essay sLrucLure l wanLed Lo sLarL Lhe paper off wlLh a sLrong lnLroducLlon
followed by a few body paragraphs supporLlng Lhe lnLroducLlon endlng wlLh a sLrong
concluslon lrom waLchlng Lhe vldeo you can see how l ran lnLo many road blocks wlLh
dlsLracLlons wrlLer's block and more dlsLracLlons MosL of my dlsLracLlons were due Lo Lhe
number of people LhaL were walklng by and walvlng Pello" Lo me CLher dlsLracLlons lnvolved
me belng hungry and Lrylng Lo flnd somebody Lo eaL wlLh ln Lhe fuLure l wlll flx Lhese
problems by worklng lnslde of my dorm room wlLh Lhe door closed and l wlll eaL before l sLarL
on my paper
AfLer Lhe drafLlng sLage of my paper l performed Lhe revlslng sLage lor me Lhe
revlslng sLage ls Lhe easlesL of Lhe Lhree because lL ls more abouL noLlclng and flxlng your errors
raLher Lhan Lrylng Lo Lhlnk abouL someLhlng Lo wrlLe uurlng my revlslng sLage l qulckly read
over my own paper several Llmes for grammar and spelllng mlsLakes AfLerwards l double
checked lL by uslng Lhe spelllng check on my MlcrosofL Word uocumenL Cnce l felL preLLy
confldenL abouL my paper l had Lwo of my frlends read over lL and asked Lhem for Lhelr
oplnlons
1he purpose of Lhls pro[ecL was Lo help me become a beLLer wrlLer lrom waLchlng my
vldeo l learned LhaL l performed many good and bad hablLs ln Lhe vldeo l dld a good [ob wlLh
explalnlng my acLlons ln my wrlLlng process l was dlsLracLed a llLLle Loo much wlLh oLher
people walklng by and my muslc LhaL was belng played as l was worklng 1he only way LhaL l
wlll become a beLLer wrlLer ls lf l conLlnue performlng Lhe good hablLs and learn from my
mlsLakes lrom wrlLlng Lhls analysls l already feel llke a beLLer wrlLer