Blog Post #5

In “Habituated Practice Can Lead to Entrenchment,” Chris M. Anson talks about how when a writer’s context is limited, it can cause them to repeat the same practices. A lot of writers, even skilled ones, can get stuck because they’re so used to doing things in a precise way. It can become hard for them to change things. To help with this problem and give a sense of something new to their writing, they use strategies like meta-cognition and rhetorical awareness.

Some writing skills that come automatically to me are always writing three paragraphs, each with their own examples. I’ll give an example and take my notes and any other information I can cite or use and add it to my writing. Doing this really became a habit in high school, as it’s one of the first things you learn about writing effective paragraphs in an essay. The advantages of doing this are that it provides a clear way to communicate the idea I’m trying to express. A disadvantage is that if a paragraph is too long, it could still be difficult for readers to process and understand the text. I feel like having habits in your writing can be both good and bad.