elbow/ch 3 reading + mwa 2

In the Elbow article, he discusses how judging articles and essays are based on two types of criteria: 1) if the writing is true, meaning it embodies valid reasoning backed up by good ideas and true statements, and 2) if the writing has good style, meaning the points being made come out in clear strong statements and unified paragraphs with a flowing progression of ideas. Another important criteria that is unconsciously done is to see if the piece of writing produces the desired effect in the reader, or reaches the goal. On the other hand, chapter 3 of Changing in Writing discusses effective procedures for elaborating and responding to assignments or writing works, and also starting writing works. It is about the use of the PACT system (purpose, audience, context and text) and helps to figure out the structure, outline and direction to take your paper. The book also had other good ideas for writing papers like it is important not to procrastinate, you should write over a few days or weeks to have time to make new drafts and edits with new ideas, add personal ideas for the emotional appeal with the audience, and to pre-write with different diagrams and images.

I wrote my essay pretty differently from the ideas from the Elbow essay and from Changing in Writing, and I wish I would have known a lot of these tips. One of the big things I need to work on is planning on how to communicate my specific ideas instead of focusing on facts and what is wrong how the my topic issue is being handled. What I need to do before submitting MWA 3 is not only cutting out important factors about what is wrong with the program now and adding more on what should be done, but developing those ideas further for MWA 3. I understood the purpose and audience of the paper, but I feel like my point being made could've been more specific. I enjoyed going to writing services and hearing some of the ideas she had to say, and a lot of them were problems I wouldn't have recognized on my own. Before turning in my revisions of MWA 2, what I need to do most is to rewrite an outline, plot where I need more strength, add more to my ideas on what needs to be done and to do this over multiple days so I can come back to my essay with fresh ideas and a clear head.