Thlog Week 5

We are officially more than half way through the quarter, yay! The comments from my WP1 gave me a lot to consider with my writing. One major comment was about the format of my paper. I progressed through it source by source, and then compared them at the end of the paper. Zack suggested I try to have something that flows more—interweaving the information about the sources throughout the paper and comparing/contrasting as I go—rather than having in these blunt sections. That technique never even crossed my mind when I was writing. I was almost disappointed when I read that comment. It made me think of how much better my WP1 could have been and how the issues I encountered could have been avoided. This feedback was so eye-opening to me, and I think I will approach the structure of my writing with more of an open mind in the future. 

Now, moving on to moves (see what I did there). This lesson was super interesting to me because I had never thought about reading and writing in such a way. First looking at moves through a non-academic context—The Rock and Michael Jordan—really helped me understand how it could be applied to a writer. When watching the two example videos, I started thinking of my own examples. I am not very familiar with wrestling or basketball, so I tried to relate it to a sport I was familiar with—tennis. Rafael Nadal, among many other pro tennis players are notorious for having a routine when serving. Rafa’s signature moves are walking up to the service line, picking his wedgie, pushing his hair behind his ears multiple times, bouncing the ball on the ground anywhere from 2-7 times, and then serving. He does this without fail every single time. Whether he does it to focus, put on somewhat of a show, or because of superstition, Rafael is known for this move and has a lot of seriously unfortunate wedgie picking pictures on the internet to prove it. 

Learning about how writers from different disciplines approaches writing the same topic was really cool! It shows yet again how rhetoric features play such a huge role in writing. The activities we did in class really helped me understand more of what we need to do for WP2. I’m super stoked to start writing it. The topic I have in mind is really interesting to be and I think it will make for a fun paper!