Darryl Wolf
English 1301.28
Trang Phan
10/12/2010

Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing

Linda Flower."Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing". College Englis, Vol. 41, No. 1(Sep. 1979), pp. 19-37.

Summary: This article is on the discussion of Writer Based-Prose and Reader Based-Prose. The author explains and compares their differences and how it may affect both the reader and the writer. With writer based prose, the writer will write based on their own thoughts and what makes sense to them. With this perspective, the writer may have a set premonition of what their own felt sense; however the reader may not understand their conclusive point. For instance, the writer; whom is trying to get their point across, may be unable to be logical for the reader, whereas it could be obscure to mind of the writer. In reader based prose, the mind of the reader reflects the purpose of what the writer envisions so it may cause a conflict among to the reader because they he or she wouldn’t be able to interpret what the writer is trying to explain.

Question: What is Writer-Based Prose? How does it affect our writing?

Response:

As a student, I like to write while I keep an open door for ideas. I like to create a brainstorm and explore my mind hoping to create a well written and fluid essay. Evidently, I just go with the flow of creating an essay that is understandable to my likings. Since writer-based prose is somewhat of a natural thing to writers, we need must be able to acknowledge this concept and develop the necessary skills. Enabling the technique to shape our ideas into a well written context of words, and that will allow us to communicate with our ideas in self thought. Ineffective writers, as those who produce “writer-based prose” are those kind of writers who do not consider the reader while developing a brainstorm or writing “freely”. I believe this concept would better the writer has it would help him or help think outside the box and connect with the reader in a more aqueous or sophisticated way.