Another Dialogue With Dave

It is sad to say but this is unfortunately my last blog. I hope that I was able to positively assist you in learning how to “change you writing”

For the last exercise we are going to reflect on our experiences with this project. We are going to end our blog series the exact same way as how we started, with the technique of fastwriting. With ‘Dave’s’ questions on the left hand side, you have 3 minutes to write your answers.

Dave’s questions are as follows:

1.     “ Hey you, I think you can’t really say that one opinion is better than another one. Don’t you agree?”

2.     “There’s all this stuff in the book about research as a process of discovery. What did you discover?”

3.     “After all this work, what do you take away from this experience? What have you learned that you can use?”

The following is my example:

Dave:

1.     “ Hey you, I think you can’t really say that one opinion is better than another one. Don’t you agree?”

2.     “There’s all this stuff in the book about research as a process of discovery. What did you discover?”

3.     “After all this work, what do you take away from this experience? What have you learned that you can use?”

Me:

1.     I disagree, I think one opinion can be better then another. I say this because if one opinion is just mere personal feelings while another opinion is actually backed up with evidence and a good argument then the later of the two is ‘better’

2.     I discovered the importance of patience, that one can not merely just sit down and write a research paper, it takes time, research and a lot of thoughtful effort

3.     I have learned how to analysis my writing from different perspectives. For example when we wrote three different introductions or when we cut up our paragraphs and rearranged them.

It is always good to reflect back and see how far we have come. This is not goodbye but just till the next time.

Love, Serve, Repeat