Interesting enough as I was reading this chapter all my problems with writing were revealed. Procrastination as a student and just the need of extra help in order to write an effective paper. As a student I can relate so well with having trouble to write a paper..... its that starting point. It never fails, that when a paper is assigned I will try to start early and would sit in front of my computer for hours and hours trying to figure out where to start, what to say and how can I put what is all down in my head clearly. I fight with myself and this problem all them time being an English major. Then I realize its the day before the paper is due and I have to make this paper sound as good as I can, but it seems as though my thoughts flow better when I'm under pressure like that. Jago has helped me realize a technique that I should use in my own writing and that is questioning the literature. I notice when I'm writing if I can find a point in the literature that I can argue, I have a lot more to say. But to use this technique before I start writing is something that I think I'm going to try out.
In high school in 11th grade AP English, the idea of prompts to help a student out to produce effective was not even available. After reading certain peaces of literature we would get certain essay questions like "What is the tone of this authors work?" Without really going over what tone is. It made it hard for me to write good essay and ultimately since that was mostly what the class was graded on, I ended up not doing so well in this class. Learning and experience the time it takes to come up with ideas to write an effective essay, I know that I want to be able to use this technique within my class, because its so hard to pull information out of students if they have no starting point in my opinion.
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