Journal V

Journal V

                  For Journal V we read Revision Strategies by Sommers. This reading focused heavily on the difference between student writers and experienced writers. One can consider student writers, writers that focus on editing their papers after their first draft. They use simplified vocabulary, not complex structure, and quite linear progression through their paper. The way I see student writers, they write to complete, not to inform or promote their topic. Its a very simple and easy way to write, but there is rarely any substance. Experienced writers on the other hand focus their after draft thoughts on revising. They tend to like pronounced vocabulary to show their point with a little more elegant tongue. Their witting is a little easier to read off fluently, because it flows. The structure of their paper may be complex but it is followed the whole way. 

                  Throughout my life i have been both type of writers. I fell anywhere between student and experiences, mainly it was based on my interest in my topic given. Whether I was revising or editing, I would try to do a little of both. In school we attempted to do some peer editing, but it never worked out. The other students never really found any interest, benefit, whatever you want to call it out of doing the peer editing. Truthfully I might not have done any my self because of how pointless it seemed to me. These people would not take my paper seriously so why should I take theirs? Reading this "little" reading I was able to put a name with a concept I have seen but have never been able to call it something. There has always been the person who skated by, the student writer, and someone who had a perfect paper, experienced writer. They have both existed throughout high school but i just could never put a exact name to them.