Summary:This article is about research done to see, how a writer composes his or her writing. In this case, the writers were a group of teachers, which were given an assignment to provide them with the opportunity to see their own composing process at work. They concluded that writing was recursive, and that writing was not just a linear processes with a strict plan-write-revise sequence. Instead, they saw that writers return to substrands of the overall process, which use to keep moving forward. They also saw that writers had a felt sense, when a writer is given a topic, the topic itself a felt sense in them. The topic called forth images, words, and, ideas. Also, retrospective and projective structuring are two parts of the basic process. Both form the alternating mental postures writers assume as they go through the act of composing. As they move through this cycle, they are continually composing and recomposing their meanings and what they mean. After, observing the teachers for a long time, they concluded that at any given moment the process of composing is more complex than anything that they are aware of. It showed fallacy that reducing the process of composing is more than a simple linear scheme and leaves them with potential to create even more powerful ways to understand composing.
Question: Have you ever experienced a felt sense? If so, how did it feel and did it help you to keep on with your writing?
Response: When i first read this article, I had no idea what a felt sense was; or that it was even involved while composing my writing. I had no idea that a felt sense was always there, with in us. From reading the article, I gained an understanding of what a felt sense was and how it can bring a newness and freshness to my writing.
From the the knowledge gained about a felt sense, I can say that I have experienced a felt sense. I know this is so because, as I read a topic that was given to me it brought about images, words, ideas, and a vague feeling that come from with in me from passed experiences. It brings about a sureal feeling that aids me to move for in my writng by going back and using what i already know ton help me embody what I am trying to write about. It feels like its not just a product of my mind, but my mind is like alive with my sensing body. Once something has clicked, I have enough sense to allow me to continue after i have stopped to analyze what i have written.
This can help me in my writing because after i do something once, I will have the ability to make it better, and like I said before bring a sense of newness and freshness to my writing to give the reader a better understanding to what I am trying to say. Once, something has clicked, i have enough sense and awareness that will help me with a few words that allow me to move in a certain direction to continue to flesh out the sense I have.
in my blog, i chose the word inspiration to describe felt sense, and when i read your response to your question, i knew that you really used your inspiratin to write it. :)
ReplyDeleteYour response really shows that you understand felt sense and know exactly how it contributes to your writing. Good explaination.
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