Thlog

For this past week, we talked about a whole lot of moves. At first, I was just kind of lost and even asked myself, “How can a writer have a move?” I didn’t see that connection but after some thought and a helpful People’s Elbow video, I understand what the whole point of the class was. An author’s move can tell us many things like who is the targeted audience, the author’s motives and intentions, and any hidden meanings within the text. Over the course of our lives we have read several books and written so many papers. We may not see it, but those readings from long ago have probably shaped our writings. Basically what im trying to say is that we are probably using another author’s moves right now in our writings and we don’t even know it.

 This idea of moves carried over to the reading of Reading like a Writer. It was actually a pleasant read that helped me identify other people’s moves. By looking at his examples, we can develop and learn moves other writers and use and apply them to our own. We can create and start a new move all by ourselves.

 Overall, this past week opened my eyes to something bigger. I mentioned before about how I want to improve as a writer, I feel like understanding moves would be greatly beneficial to my growth as a writer. I can’t wait to see what moves come next class.