What Kind Of Writer Are You?
- 1.When I get a new writing assignment; the first thing I do is:
- A.
Start free writing and brainstorming about topics I find interesting
- B.
Read my classmates’ discussion board posts before I get started. I like to have an idea of how other people are approaching the topic to see if I’m on the right track
- C.
I have other assignments I need to do first, so I don’t really think about it until at least Friday
- D.
Panic a little and worry that I can’t do it
- E.
Break down the assignment into smaller tasks to complete throughout the week
- 2.When I start writing, I typically feel:
- A.
Relaxed – it’s easy to express myself in words
- B.
Focused – I have an idea of what I want to say and how I want to say it
- C.
Frustrated – words don’t come easily to me
- D.
Blank – I have a hard time getting started
- 3.When I finish a draft and turn it in for a grade, I feel:
- A.
Relieved – at least that’s over with!
- B.
Worried – it wasn’t as good as I had hoped it would be
- C.
Confident – I think I did my best.
- D.
Exhausted – I worked right up to the deadline and feel completely drained.
- 4.When I have to do major revisions on a draft, I:
- A.
Add to sections where I felt the most confident and cut back on places I thought were weak.
- B.
Read over my instructor's feedback and focus on the places where I lost points.
- C.
Make very few changes; I don’t know how to say things differently than what I already wrote
- D.
Feel overwhelmed and frustrated about having to go back to the beginning of the writing process
- 5.When I have to write a research essay on an unfamiliar topic, I spend the most time:
- A.
Writing about what I know, then researching what I’m not so sure about as I go
- B.
Finding one or two good sources and using a lot of quotes from them.
- C.
Researching the topic and writing an outline
- D.
I usually do everything all at once and write the draft in one go
- E.
Worrying about the introduction. I don't really know how to start.
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