Blog Post #11

In the article “Writers, Histories, Processes and Identities by Kathleen Blake Yancey, the main point of her article is to prove that each writer is different. She mentions that even though we are all similar as human being, the way we learn to write and chose to write comes from many different things. Some of these things including family, schooling and our culture. In another text called “Writing is Informed by Prior Experience” by Andrea A. Lunsford, a similar concept to Yancey’s is touched on. Lunsford similarly mentions that no matter what an author is writing, the way it is written is learned/shaped from early learned writing. Although writing techniques and habits are learned, they can be changed throughout writing experiences. You learn from mistakes as your writer and change as you continue to practice.

I think that both of these reading show us that as writers it Is normal to grow and for each person to be different with how they write. As mentioned, we learn how to write through family, school, culture and our upbringing. In school, we are all taught similarly, but also different writing strategies and techniques. All throughout school there was an acronym we followed when writing introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions. Although I don’t follow this closely anymore, it is something that is still in the back of my head when writing essays. I have found that this doesn’t necessarily work for writing as you process. Teachers/ professors want more as you progress through your education.