After reading, “You Can’t Teach “Writing In General” by Elizabeth Wardle and “Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment” by Catherine Savini, I found a comparison between these two texts. The comparison that I found is that both articles talk about how writing can be difficult. For example, where to start when it comes to writing a paper or an essay the first article stated something that got me thinking which is “There is no such thing as writing in general.” As I was reading further into the passage it mentions all the standards and criteria in writing which sums up the whole reason why writing can be hard.
Also, when I was reading “Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment,” it talks about a solution to a problem when it comes to starting your essay or a problem that occurs when writing your essay. One of the solutions that the author mentions is realizing the problems that you have and asking different questions. By doing this it can help break out of the stumble that you have when writing your essay and as the author mentioned, “avoid a common pitfall of the unsuccessful compare and contrast essay.” If students read this article and the first article that I spoke about before, students can be more at ease when it comes to writing an essay or paper. I believe as students we were always taught about the criteria of writing but not really about how to look for the trouble so that we can better identify it and move on with our writing.
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