Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Release me!

I am having a harder time than I thought breaking away from a traditional research paper into this more interactive, evaluative inquiry paper. I understand and like the reasons for writing this way, and I always thought I was better at writing with my own voice interjected. Maybe I'm a product of "academic" writing overkill.
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  1. RonJuly 14, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    Know what you're saying. I get about one line in what I think is my voice. Then I sound like a dusty book.

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  2. markJuly 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    I wrote two intros. One was traditional, one paragraph got me to where I could begin the review of literature. The other was "essayistic," almost three pages. So I showed them to Don. He said, "Put them together. Use them both." I reread the work. I'm telling stories, I'm writing dialogue in the long intro. I said, "Really?"

    When I look at that intro, I can see the value of what I've written--if my readers have been part of AWP. But if some researcher out there was simply digging into the same research question I'm on--all my course specific chatter would make no sense.

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