Conversation
Notices
-
!college How do you guys normally deal with college level English courses that require several essays? Do you guys do argumentative essays where you have to take a stance and defend it, or interpretive essays? Is there a trick to interpretive essays that I'm missing out on? I'm passing my Eng 1102 course right now, but having a lot of trouble making anything but papers that *I* don't even believe in, and have a C for the course so far. I know I have to do one more ESSAYS EVERYWHERE course before I can get back to the math/theory/analysis/coding portion of my CS degree, so if you guys have any tips, I'm open to them. (Unless you tell me to pay someone else to write the papers for me. I'll listen to the advice, but I would never use that particular tip.)
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 11:48:12 UTC from web-
@retl Write like you talk. Record your voice and transcribe it if you have to. Then clean it up, cut out repetitive/wordy/useless parts. It's all about giving the paper a "voice."
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 11:59:19 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@starshine I think that's good advice, as I do kinda trust my speaking voice more than my writing voice. Shoot, some of the reason I've yet to write a fic is because I don't trust what my writing voice is trying to say. XD I seem to work just fine when I'm describing things I know to be fact, but once I start illustrating scenery or trying to point out a possible interpretation of something that I really don't trust, I feel like I'm lying. Perhaps it's more a struggle with lying that I have than one with words, since to address an issue with speech, one only appends speech to address an issue. In writing, you can go back and wipe mistakes out of existence, destroying the justification for allowing errors. #Rambling !college
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 12:06:30 UTC from web
-
-
@retl (and really that can apply to any sort of writing. If it's boring to write, it'll be boring to read too.)
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 12:01:52 UTC from StatusNet Android -
@retl I've always found essays to be tough - especially though if you're not fond, or in favor of, the topic. Best just to familiarize yourself with the stances and opinions that exist there, and try to write along those points I've found. It's not always a matter of if you agree (such as in research papers)? It's tough work.
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 13:56:33 UTC from web-
Someone, make a Youtube group. I'ld join. I won't make it because I don't want the admin responsibilities. XD
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 15:23:18 UTC from web -
@haganbmj Yeah, it's tough for me, too. Maybe it's just tough in general. Thanks for the tips, though! :D
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 15:24:14 UTC from web-
@retl Yeah, not sure what to say - writing is just in general tough. I was talking to some friends of mine that are majoring in International Studies, and they were laughing at my classes inability to write 8 pages lol - It's a freshmen English course of 90%+ Engineers, and based on the submissions for this latest rough draft, most people were either too lazy or just couldn't compose near 8 pages xD - Best of luck though! Hope the writing works out for you. Try and stick to the topics you're fond of whenever possible! :D
Wednesday, 13-Apr-11 18:59:44 UTC from web
-
-
-
