Journal: How to Get the Writing Done

Aleks Fansler
W233

Murray has presented many different techniques that he has used to write. Out of the ones presented there are a few that I have found that I already do. There are some that I feel would not fit well with my style, and there are some that I would try while writing my research paper.

His technique he calls "write now" I do not feel would help me. In most situations I like to have my thoughts organized, and this strategy has a very unorganized feel to it.

Everythig else that he has presented is a good technique. I like his idea of getting a writing habit a lot. When you find a way to writes efficiantly and comfortably, you should replicate that as often as possible, I really like that idea. Another idea that I liked a lot was the count words, pages, or hours. This technique is a self check that can keep me on task if things are not going so well.

The rest of the material that he talks about I do in either full or in some other way. But I think the most important peice of this article is in the first few paragraphs. Murray says, "Many of my strategies are contradictory, what works with one project will not work with the next. I have to keep trying new ways, retrying old ways, to produce effective writing." This shows the importance of not being stuck in one way of writing, and the importance of trying new styles when you hit a writers block.