Ten Ways To Think About Writing: Metaphoric Musings for College Writing Students : Review

In the Writing Space chapter reading Ten Ways To Think About Writing: Metaphoric Musings for College Writing Students by Shelley Reid the author gives tips metaphorically on becoming a better writer. I enjoyed the reading and believe the tips Ms. Reid provided will be helpful with my future writings. She talked about "writing and all the rules" and "show what your mean" when your writing a paper. She also gave tips about connecting with your primary and secondary audiences like when someone else may see you work secondhand whether its a research paper or a card you gave to you grandmother. There were tips about adding some flavor to your writing and not just making "plain Jell-O" as in not just making a point but going into detail more vividly. Hey Hey Hey and the textbook Conspiracy: Annotating you reading was on of my favorite points she made about not only just highlighting in the textbooks you own but actually taking good notes and thinking more critically when we do find something interesting other than just a "hey" check this out. When writing essay question on a exam she recommended taking your time when your in that fight or flight mode to let your higher brain stay in control and take the time to think about your response rather than panicking trying to answer the question. Lastly following all the rules she wrote about ironically the last rule was about sometimes breaking the rules of writing and using your own judgement to make the best decision as you see fit. All the rules lead up quite nicely to me up to the last point of just enjoying the process and to keep writing