From 26391848f945173b6fc07c7b7c78a6a2788438e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 01:40:04 -0400 Subject: essay edits --- jones-la/zinsser-essay.rough.tex | 4 +++- jones-la/zinsser-essay.tex | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'jones-la') diff --git a/jones-la/zinsser-essay.rough.tex b/jones-la/zinsser-essay.rough.tex index 7dc6a67..0253930 100644 --- a/jones-la/zinsser-essay.rough.tex +++ b/jones-la/zinsser-essay.rough.tex @@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ And this method works, focusing on personal style instead of on hiding behind a %clutter All of these issues can be reduced to the one atom of writing: problems. Writing is an analytical process, so the easiest and best way to fit it into my cognition is to recognize it as what it is: a big problem that can be broken down into smaller problems. This also allows active learning to be recognized as practice. ``Whatever it is, it has to be confronted and solved'' \zincite{49}. But therein lies the utility of recognizing problems. %does this fit my style? -They can be solved, and solutions can be learned in two ways: reading other people's good writing, and writing well myself. +They can be solved, and solutions can be learned in two ways: reading other people's good writing, and writing well myself. %conclusion doesn't leave people thinking +%Problems. Maybe this can become a body paragraph, or put this theme more into other paragraphs? + %Make statements of qualities clearer \biblio diff --git a/jones-la/zinsser-essay.tex b/jones-la/zinsser-essay.tex index 56f0048..0253930 100644 --- a/jones-la/zinsser-essay.tex +++ b/jones-la/zinsser-essay.tex @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -\input mla8.tex %must be run from root directory \input mla8.tex @@ -51,7 +50,9 @@ And this method works, focusing on personal style instead of on hiding behind a %clutter All of these issues can be reduced to the one atom of writing: problems. Writing is an analytical process, so the easiest and best way to fit it into my cognition is to recognize it as what it is: a big problem that can be broken down into smaller problems. This also allows active learning to be recognized as practice. ``Whatever it is, it has to be confronted and solved'' \zincite{49}. But therein lies the utility of recognizing problems. %does this fit my style? -They can be solved, and solutions can be learned in two ways: reading other people's good writing, and writing well myself. +They can be solved, and solutions can be learned in two ways: reading other people's good writing, and writing well myself. %conclusion doesn't leave people thinking +%Problems. Maybe this can become a body paragraph, or put this theme more into other paragraphs? + %Make statements of qualities clearer \biblio -- cgit