A writer’s life is constantly concising our words, reusing our thoughts, and, most importantly, revising. In the article, Berkenkotter reflects upon the repetitive processes and describes a single train of thought, yet rambles are not concise. She studied Donald, how he wrote, and his thought processes. There are three stages she went through while doing this research. The first stage was him speaking to a tape recording, and the second stage was having him come in and create writing with a specific audience and purpose and only have a certain amount of time. In the last stage, she visited his home and noted everything he created. Just alone reading her stages, it’s ridiculous. It’s also why I believe standardized testing for writing is complete bull. When you are timed for anything, a sense of anxiety comes, and writing something that you aren’t connecting to. It brings a sense of pressure as you’re playing in unknown territory. It makes your mind automatically go into flight mode; he also kept repeating the same question. Am I Clear? Thoughts of second-guessing oneself: we all have a way of writing, and not everyone responds the same when you give something new on the spot. Personally, I shut down and take a while to process. I don’t like being rigid or constricted. I have taken zero on assignments where I feel the professor is very closed. As writers, our writing aligns with our morals, experiences, and thoughts, and when we write about what doesn’t resonate, we are left on different frequencies. A never-ending spiral of what am I doing?
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