Individual Process

Harris Summary
In her article, "Composing Behaviors of One- and Multi-Draft Writers", Muriel Harris attempts to shows the difference between one-draft writers and multi-draft writers. She explains the meaning of both types and weighs out the pros and cons of each. She argues that "no picture of revision is complete until it includes all that is known and observed about a variety of revision behaviors among writers" (Harris, 179). This means that there maybe be different ways to draft and continue to draft your paper but as long as it includes all of the essentials and information that is needed it doesn't matter how many drafts you may have.

1. I am a combination of both a one- and multi-draft writer. It all depends on what type of paper and what kinds of information I have to put together. I know this because there have been times where I have had many drafts of a paper but also times where I've only had one.
2. With multi-draft writing you can develop a habit of including many many thoughts and facts that aren't needed. I catch myself doing that sometimes. With one-draft writing there is a chance you could miss grammar fixations or certain information that you wanted to include but forgot.

Reflection
I think this was a cool article to read. I enjoyed learning about the pros and cons of each type and the differences each had. However it was difficult to understand sometimes, but I think I figured out the main point!

Ransom Summary
In her article, "How Do I Write?", Dominieq Ransom answers her exact question in her title, the way she writes. She asks "what does a person know about their own writing process?" (Ransom, 293). During this segment she asks herself that question and proceeds to tell her audience what her process really is. She talks about the ups and downs of writing and mistakes that made her a better writer.

1. Analyzing herself under a time constraint, how a person can understand their writing process more clearly, having distractions, and writing down her thoughts were most interesting to me. By doing my own research I would find my own ways to help myself with writing and figure out my writing processes.
2. Yes, I do jot down little thoughts and notes here and there and they do lead me to write. I believe that one simple word can lead to a whole sentence or paragraph, Once you start writing, the thoughts just keep flowing out of your mind.

Reflection
I enjoyed reading this article and hearing about Ransom's ways of writing. I liked the way this segment of the chapter was set up and it was easy to read and understand. I kind of struggled understanding the questions at the end, I don't know why I just couldn't wrap my mind around some of the thoughts that I had about it all.