Week 1 - Post Your Introduction

I understand brainstorming as a way of generating topics to write about or the points one should make about a topic. Brainstorming can be done any time during the writing process. One can brainstorm the topics for a whole paper or an example or a conclusion. One important thing I know about brainstorming is that one should not feel pressurized to look brilliant. Instead, there should be the opening of the mind to whatever pops in it.

Regarding the writing process, one has to go through a set of stages when completing a piece of writing. The piece of writing could be an article or a class assignment. Depending on what a piece of writing needs, one can move back and forth through the stages (Connell,2018). This makes the writing process a recursive process. I have been writing so many assignments and most of the time I always find myself going back and forth. Am always forced to go back to modify what I have written earlier before I continue with the assignment.

The technique of brainstorming that I currently use is free-writing. I prefer letting my thought flow as they will and writing down whatever comes into my mind. However, I would love to try the use of charts while brainstorming. In future, I will try to create charts or tables in lieu of word lists or phrases as I try to shape or explore an idea. Currently, am comfortable with the use of free-writing as my brainstorming technique. I enjoy writing down any idea that comes in my mind without having to do a lot of internet searching. I feel like having to go back and forth sometimes wastes my time and this makes me uncomfortable. I can try to improve on my brainstorming process by first of all outlining what comes in my mind before I write in the main document that I intend to write. This can make me more organized in the process of brainstorming.

References

Connell, C. M. (2018). Essentials of college writing (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu