Drafting Stajkowski

After reading the section on drafting I was enlightened on new ways to "get going" on a writing project. This has always proved to be a problem for me. I normally get all ready to get my homework or project done, sit down with a good attitude and stare blankly at the page. To be honest I wrote my narrative rough draft before reading this section which proved to be a mistake because after reading it I found ways that would of helped me greatly. The first part of the drafting section talks about setting a schedule. I waited till the last day to write my rough draft and I felt rushed so it was hard to write well. The section about dealing with writers block was also helpful. After getting up and taking a walk and doing something else your mind clears and you can think better when you return to your work. The next reading piece was on describing. The main point from this section that I learned was objectivity and subjectivity. I had never heard of either of these before. It seems to me that objectivity is more of just getting the point out where subjectivity has more emotion. The next section was about narrating. The first thing I learned from this section was that I have been using time markers in some of my writings and didn't even know what a time marker was. I had also never really thought about using a narrative for the beginning of another writing assignment entirely. The final section was about revising a peers paper. This section gave me all kinds of ways to look at a peer's paper while editing that I never thought about. After reading this I will hopefully be more effective and helpful while editing a paper.