Nicolas Acha
Professor: Stella Maris Saubidet Oyhamburu
LEE 4- 41
April 20, 2014
Portfolio
Writing
and Writers are a Must
When I was given the assignment of writing some
kind of composition with the heading “writing and writers are a must” and all the
freedom to write whatever I wanted, I thought that it couldn’t be so difficult,
just try to think a few peculiarities about writers in general; what is it that
moves a writer to write and share his work, thinking on their context and
personal experiences, but then I found that it was more difficult than I was
expecting. I started writing something about what would it be like to sit in
front of a blank shit of paper and try to write, finding myself in the same
position. Then I tried to write about the qualities that a writer should have
and later about the importance of putting down in words your ideas. These were
three different attempts that led me to a dead end road. It was time to hand in
the papers and I didn’t even have a draft, but thanks to the teacher’s
explanation, I realized that it was impossible to write without considering
what type of text you are writing and who the audience will be. This awareness
raising exercise carried by the teacher was significant for me in the sense
that my failed attempts to write are a proof of how important it is to have
these aspects in mind in order to produce a communicative piece of writing.
In
order to write a good piece of writing, there are certain steps followed by
writers in general. The writing process involves the steps of: pre-writing,
drafting, revision, editing and publishing. During the pre-writing step the
writer finds the topic he wants to develop through free writing and
brainstorming, based on the audience and purpose of the writing. I believe that
I was not able to overcome this first step in the writing process because I did
not know whom I was writing to and with what purpose. The lack of a specific
audience and purpose makes impossible the selection of the topic and ideas to
develop, as well as the register and form of the writing.
This picture taken from my notebook shows my failed attempts to make a draft.
