One key point for inside-out drafting: don't try to write the first draft as if it will be a perfect paper. It won't. The sooner you accept that we are using a process for developing a strong paper that can't be perfected at this stage, the more free and effective your drafting stage will be, not to mention your stress and frustration levels will be minimal.
Now that you are in the process of drafting the paper (or, perhaps, finished with the first draft), please address the following in your response with specific examples/ideas:
- How did this method make your drafting of the paper easier or more effective?
- Did you struggle in any way using this method? How so?
- Now that you have used the method, what will you modify or change next time you use it?
I believe the inside out method makes it easier to write a paper. I am having a hard time forgetting everything I was taught about writing a paper and just concentrate on the body of it first. This method isn’t hard for me to understand, just hard for me to apply to the assignment. In the future I will get help if needed sooner than the last minute.
ReplyDelete1. How did this method make your drafting of the paper easier or more effective?
ReplyDelete**I Believe It is easier when you catch the concept of it, in other words breaking your old habits and developing better ones.**
2. Did you struggle in any way using this method? How so?
**Not that i struggled but putting things together is what i had a problem with. Practice makes perfect.**
3. Now that you have used the method, what will you modify or change next time you use it?
** Remembering that its a start to a paper instead of the final paper and not stress about making it perfect.**
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ReplyDelete1. Using this method I thought was really helpful because I was able to find my main point and was able to expand it out from there.
ReplyDelete2. Did I struggle in anyway I would have to say no because once the method feel it place it all began to come together.Also knowing that I'm not expected to write that perfect paper really left me stressless.
3. The next time that I use this method will be when I have to write another paper. Or even to further help this paper in some way to make it good in time for my level as a writer.
This is Alison Slater. The inside-out method for drafting my paper, I believe helped make it easier to gather my thoughts, ideas and examples better. I still need a little practice though, since most of my school life I’ve been taught differently! For example teachers told me to always start with the thesis statement and then start an outline then start from intro, body then finally conclusion. I sometimes achieved a B or higher, but there were times I did lower not many, but some! I look at writing in a musicians eyes and poetry has been my biggest strength. I believe this inside-out method though will help me get the A I know I probably could’ve gotten all the times I didn’t! I had a few problems with the method, but nothing serious. I thought and thought to myself and looked at the story over and over and finally the words came flowing out of me! I like this method, just need to practice it more. I’ll maybe gather my ideas first before I organize them better for next time.
ReplyDelete1.)I love the idea of inside-out drafting! In every paper that I write, I always find myself stuck in writing the introduction and conclusion. This really helps out a lot.
ReplyDelete2.)No, I did not struggle in any way using this method. It actually made it easier and faster for me to write my draft.
3.)Now that I have tried this, I will be writing the body structure of the essay first from now on. Also, I’ll try to not work so much about making my paper the perfect paper to avoid too much editing. It’s just easier this way.
Tanya Dominguez
ReplyDelete1. I believe this method is easier to use because you get to put your ideas down first and in any order you want. Without worrying about where to put them first and once you got your supporting details down then you work on you intro and conclusion. Even though I still do it the other way first because that's the way I have always done it, it seems much more fitting to do it the other way around.
2. I didn't struggle using this method at all, it's just a little messy to keep up where you are in the paper. I kept going to one supporting detail and jumping to the next to see if I had enough info in in or the other.
3. I don't know if I will use it again, but I will keep in mind this method and see if it will be useful in my nest papers. I feel like using the method I was thought growing up is much more easier and convenient for me. It is the one I always go to and the one I feel comfortable.
1. This method made it so much easier to write my paper because I would often become stuck on writing the introduction and after I wrote the paper I would often have to rewrite it anyways because I thought of other topics to write about. Using this method I could easily come up with the introduction and conclusion.
ReplyDelete2. I did not have any trouble using this method.
3. I will use this method again but I don't know what I would change right now.
The inside out method made it easier to form my ideas and develop details to support my thesis. It made it easier to focus on the content rather than the presentation (that the top-down method seems to focus on).
ReplyDeleteI do not have too much of a problem using this method. I would say the most difficult part for me is the analysis.
I will definitely use this method again. Once I become more familiar with it, I may be able to figure out what exactly I will change in the way that I use it.
1.How did this method make your drafting of the paper easier or more effective?
ReplyDeletecan't really say if it made it any easier or not.I just haven't had to write a paper in such a long time.But I was able to move alot better with this concept.Will just have to wait and see in the future, while more papers are to come.
2.Did you struggle in any way using this method? How so?
Can't say that I struggled using this method,I just struggle writing a paper.I just don't know how to start and how to put it all together,but thats why I have you PSNOW to teach me how. I just hope that I will get this all down soon so I will be able to write a good paper without having the fear of doing it.
3.Now that you have used the method, what will you modify or change next time you use it?
Can't answer this quite yet.Will have to write a few more papers before I can find modify or change this style.
1. I think this made my drafting more effective because I was actually concentrating on the body instead of worrying about the opening and closing paragraphs.
ReplyDelete2.I struggled a lot using this method just because I have never done it that way before. My whole life every paper I wrote I started with the opening paragraph first and work my way through the paper. I think it will take me a while to get used to doing it this way.
3. Next time I have to concentrate more on just thinking about the body and not worrying about the rest of the paper. I have to try to push the old way out of my head and not think about it as much.
I have a very hard time writing papers, because I find it difficult to convey what I am trying to say. I have always used some form of the inside-out drafting method...that is I have always written the body paragraphs first, in different orders. Once I have layed out the point I'm trying to get across I then go back and put the paper in the order that it should be. I think the inside out drafting method is effective because it's easier than just writing a paper from top to bottom. Even though this method does make it easier to write a paper, I still am struggling to get the paper finished. I think this is because I have a hard time just focusing on one paragraph, verses the paper as a whole. I try to sum the paper up in every paragraph and include a little bit of everything in each section. Which this just does not work, because I repeat the information five times throughout the entire paper. I dont think I will change anything the next time I use this method. With most things I'm sure it will get easier with practice. I have to work harder to try and focus on one paragraph at a time versus the paper as a whole.
ReplyDelete1: This method helped me gather more details and go more into depth with them.
ReplyDelete2: Yes I would struggle some if I wasn't familliar with the material, but that's what research is.
3: I will just write down alot of supporting facts before starting to write the rough draft.
This method made drafting of my paper easier and more effective. By writing out all of my supporting paragraphs it was easier to figure out how to properly state my thesis. Without using this method I wouldn’t have noticed the other supporting paragraph I had left out to begin with. The body of the paper has always been hard for me because my details are usually strewn all throughout the paper instead of the clear, concise form created from the inside-out method.
ReplyDeleteThis method made it much easier to put details in a logical order.
Next time I use this method it will be a lot easier for me to develop my paper instead of getting frustrated and giving up.
Don Watson- I believe this inside out method has helped me alot and telly helps cut out all the bs that you throw in a paper just to fill the required pages. This method helps you gather true facts and makes your paper flow alot better and telly helps eliminate repeated thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe hardest part of this type of writing is finding the best way to organize your thoughts and facts to make it thorough and easy to read.
Next time I use this method of writing it will actually be easier because I will have less trouble trying to forget my old habits of top down drafting.
1. By writing my body paragraphs before the introduction and conclusion, was definitely a more effective way of drafting my paper. Normally I would change my mind and have to redo it, but with this method, I did it afterwards, so I did it once rather than having to do it over and over.
ReplyDelete2. I did not struggle with using this method, I found that it made a lot easier to write the introduction and conclusion using this method.
3. I am not sure what I would change at this point. As I continue to write and use this method I should be able to learn how to make it different in some way.
This method makes drafting of the paper easier and more effective by being able to work little by little on the details and then work on figuring out the thesis and conclusion after you found all the hard parts of the essay. I usually would struggle with the other way that I was taught which is the outline, but with this method that we were taught seems to be easier. With using this method I would not change anything next time I will definetly stick to this method rather than the outline.
ReplyDeleteThis new method made drafting papers much easier I can gather my thoughts and finally put in sentences that make sense, still need to work on my spelling.
ReplyDeleteI didnt struggle to bad it is a little different from what i was taught back in high school. I am making the transfer from top down drafting to inside out drafting very smoothly.
Im not to positive on what i would change right now im new at using it and still need to break it in.
the inside out method made it real easy for me to work with because i have never really draft papers so i never had a technique forced into my head. i didn't really struggle too much because it was fairly easy to pick out different things and fit each topic into a paragraph. With the next paper i really wouldn't change a thing to make it better because it was easy for me to use.
ReplyDeleteWell in class you mentioned that paragraphs are the main part in any written paper which is true. Since that is so it would also make sense to start off writing them first. It was more effective in that you only had to worry about the paragraphs and not your introduction where I think I get caught up a lot. Because then instead of forming my paragraphs to the intro, I fit the intro to the paragraphs. So it helped me a lot to get them done and out of the way. And it was much easier to write it. The only thing I had struggled with was learning how to put everything backwards. Because the English classes that I took never showed us how to do something like this. We were always to start out with our intro. As time goes on I’m sure I modify this to my way of writing, or as you put it tweak it a bit.
ReplyDelete1. How did this method make your drafting of the paper easier or more effective?
ReplyDelete*I believe using this inside out method is easier to use because you can get right to answering the thesis question and developing supporting details. It made it easier for me to get started flowing with my ideas.
2. Did you struggle in any way using this method? How so?
*I didn’t have any problems using this new method. The most difficult part is just getting started.
3.Now that you have used the method, what will you modify or change next time you use it?
*I will definitely stick with using this method of pre writing in the future. I’m not sure I would change anything next time. I’m pretty sold on this method.
The method P. Snow taught us in class was great I think. I used to hate having to come up with ideas to write papers and come up with a thesis now it just got easier. Gathering information and just jotting it down can help a whole lot with writing paper because you can always come up with ideas that go along with a certian topic. I didnt struggle at all with the methods P. Snow taught in class. The next time I write a paper im gonna focus on a topic that I know has unlimited ideas and one that i know ill want to keep writing and writing about.
ReplyDeleteBy drafting the paper using the inside out method, I found it was easier than starting from top to bottom, because all that I had to worry about was the topics and subtopics to develope the body of the paper. I found it was easier to write the intro., and the conclusion after the body was written. Idid not struggle in any way using this method. I do not believe I would change any thing the next time I use this method.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the process of inside out drafting, I didn't have to hesitate how to use and place my words. It was a welcomed convenience in my books, being able to let the words flow from sentence to sentence, and not contradict my introduction.
ReplyDeleteI had problems adjusting to the new method, I've been so used to writing top down, and bull-shitting my way through it.
I'm not sure what I will do next time around, but I firmly believe that this method will enhance my writing for both personal satisfaction, and in school.
1. How did this method make your drafting of the paper easier or more effective?
ReplyDeleteIt’s a new method that I am not so familiar with. It gives me more ideas and helps me properly write my introduction and conclusion.
2. Did you struggle in any way using this method? How so?
The method keeps me from struggling.
3. Now that you have used the method, what will you modify or change next time you use it?
Next time I use this method I will work on ways to tweak it to fit my style of writing.
1. Inside out drafting method made writing the paper much easier. With each category wrote down, I was able to find the supporting details without much difficulty.
ReplyDelete2. I struggled with writing both my introduction and closing paragraph because we didn’t really discuss the details and information that belong there.
3. Next time I use the inside out drafting method I will focus more on making sure the proper details go with the correct categories.
1. inside out seems easy and when you have a broad topic that yourself chose, but when its on a short story with three ideas already listed for you makes it a little difficult. But when you start it the rest of the pieces fall into place.
ReplyDelete2. yea i struggles a little bit. as i said in the last answer it just seems harder when the topic is picked for you and you dont have anything to say on whatever it is your writing about.
3. I just hope next time we can write on something that is important to us, and be able to use this method in a more useful area
Using the inside-out drafting helped to get my ideas on paper faster. I felt very confident when writng the draft, becaue I knew that it didin't mean that this was going to be the final product. Usually I mess myself up with the idea of perfecting a paper the first time I write. So when using this method and actually calming down and really just jotting down ideas I noticed that I got to get more of the ideas that I wanted to on paper.
ReplyDeleteYes I think that I will always use this method. It helps to simplify the whole writing process.
I think that I still need work in develping a good thesisi statment. Ever thing else seems to be coming along just fine, I don't seem to be struggling yet.
1.I think the inside method is a good method. It’s a little easier. I was able to stay on subject and it was easier to put things together.
ReplyDelete2.I struggled a little because I never used this method before. I was so use to starting with the introduction paragraph. This method did make it a little easier for me to write my essay.
3.Next time I will use this method. I’m not quite sure if it was easier because this was my first time. I think once I keep using the inside out method it will get easier and ii will know what I need to work on.
1. This process aloud me to break down the topic from several different angles. Giving me the ablity to go into more detail on each subtopic that conencided with the main topic.
ReplyDelete2. Its not much that i struggled using this method its that i've never really used it before in writing. Im going to continue using this method and getting better at it.
3. I do plan on using this method again. By time i write my next paper i plan to be more refined with this writing technique. Depending on how my next paper comes out with determine if i continue use the inside-out method.
This method did make it easier for my body paragraphs but did not help out for the intro and conclusion.
ReplyDeleteYes at first it was hard but mainly because im used to starting a paper with my intro. I found myself starting to do an intro when doing my body. So it took a little longer then it should.
Dont think I will change anyhthing about how i did it...well maybe doing prewriting a little more.
Andrew Sawyer
The inside out method makes it easer to focus on ideas. I usually find my self spending alot of time finding the right words rather than focusing on the content.
ReplyDeleteFor years (more than I like to admit), I have always used the outline method. It is a hard habit to break.
As writing has always been a challenge to me, this was not as easy as I thought it would be. I cannot say with certainty that it is easier at this point. I am hopeful that practice will make this method second nature to me.
michelle short
Im sorry mr. snow but I missed class tuesday so I don't kno the inside out method.
ReplyDelete1. The inside-out drafting message has helped me with my draft and I have begun using it for papers in other classes.
ReplyDeleteBy not worrying about the introductory paragraph and conclusion I have found that I am able to develop my paragraphs and details better.
2. I am still struggling with grouping my details together and translating them in a paragraph but the prewriting and inside out technique is helping me with this issue.
3. I don't think I will modify much. I plan on using the inside out technique more. I feel like it helps develop my thoughts more clearly.
Amy Yawney-Testa
1) when writing the papr. The technique let my body grow more. The main point had changed and when it did nothing was effected.
ReplyDelete2) i struggled trying to get over the concept of actually doing it the method. but after a litte bit of time it started to come together
3) next time i use this method ill take my time writing. for this paper i rushed to get it done
1. it helped me gather more ideas and explain them better
ReplyDelete2.i struggled useing this method cause iam use to writign the introduction then the rest of the essay
3. i think i might use this method again but iam not quite sure what i would change about it
I have found that inside-out drafting is the easiest way of drafting for me. Inside –out drafting helps me efficiently put together papers. In this form of drafting it is much easier to cum up with ideas without leaving the most important out. I had hardly any problems with using method of drafting and in all actuality I would prefer this drafting over any other. I know for a fact that this will be the method of drafting that I will use from here on out.
ReplyDeleteI have found that the inside-out drafting method was easier than just starting from the top, and the work was much easier than I anticipated. I forgot topic sentences but we all forget something now and then. I got so caught up in making the sentences that I forgot the topic sentences for the paragraphs. Next time I will remember to make the topic sentences as well.
ReplyDelete1. It made it easier because it gave me more ideas to work with visually.
ReplyDelete2.No i didn't struggle in anyway using this method. It made everything better for me to understand. It was easier for me to organize my thoughts and jot them down in the right place.
3. Next time I use this method I will change the fact that I used the bubble technique. Next time i will use the listing technique.
Bryan Shaw
ReplyDelete1. The inside out writing was a lot easier than the top down because I didn’t have to struggle with the introduction first then when it coming to the body I was already discouraged from the intro.
2. The only time I struggled with this method was when it came time for the introduction and the conclusion.
3. Now that I have used this method I don’t think I will change anything
The method makes my draft easier cause i took down all the main ideas that reflex on the main question in the introduction.
ReplyDeletei like this method i will use this method from there on out.
I wouldn't change anything about this method it seem like this it's the easiest way and the easiest it's gonna get.
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ReplyDeletei like the inside out writing method. I always get stuck on the intro and conclusion but when i write the body first these come easier. I didnt struggle at all with this method. I wouldnt change anything about this method
ReplyDeletei like this method beacuse you can leave all your ideas down without makinf the paper final, you can then go back and revise anything you think needs improvign or that you dont like. This also dosnt get me hung up on my conclusion or introduction wich i really like. i did struggle a bit with this method at firs because it was new to me and im not used to writting like this at all. next time i use this method ill be not only introduced with it but ill be ready to use it and better my writting style
ReplyDeletethe methed help me a lot it seem like you writing down all your thesis first and your body paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteno, but that's my problem i have trouble putting things together.
remember that this is a good way to start a paper and this way make the rest of the paper easier.
I found that this inside out drafting was a lot easier because it makes sense to figure out what it is you are writing about and gathering ideas and seeing it on paper is great. Then coming up with your thesis and conclusion was so much easir, i've done this with all my papers to help me along.
ReplyDeletethe inside out method was prefect for me because i could take steps anaysising my paperand realize what i need to work on.the method wasn't hard to understand for so it's not any thing i would change i just have to remember to use it when its time review my draft.
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