Lee Mandon

Dr. Rieman
Lu and Horner
The art of writing is one that some are naturally gifted with, while others must
work for. Drawing a blank in the middle of a sentence can often kill the flow of a paper,
along with the writer’s confidence. Lu and Horner discuss the process of writing in their
essay “Composing our Composing Processes,” and explain the importance of patience
and flexibility when writing. The same strategy will not always be followed and it is
important to realize this before you begin writing. They emphasize the importance of
“posing,” and the difference between it and “composing.” The posing part of the process
comes before you begin your research or note taking, while you are planning your
strategy. Because every writer pulls from different experiences, this strategy changes
from person to person, topic to topic depending on the evidence and experience the writer
has.
The process of writing can be taught differently, but the idea of collecting and
organizing your thoughts before writing is one that is always pertinent to a strong paper.
Organization can be the downfall of a paper as well, and a writer must be conscience not
to get stuck in any one spot because the process of writing is “messy, complex, recursive,
unpredictable, highly unstable.” By this they mean writing is often messy and never turns
out exactly the way you plan it, so rather than getting caught up on any one part, allow
your paper to unfold and correct it later. The audience of the paper is also important to
the pose because the language changes depending on the person reading the paper.