reading on writing #3

Reading on writing

 In The Craft of Revision, by Donald M Murray talks to us about rewriting with clarity. We must be careful with how we use our grammar and punctuation so our reader can be able to understand it without a problem. If we don’t go over and re read it they the reader will be confused in some parts which we know what it means but they won’t because w weren’t that clear in the first place. You must put yourself in the reader’s shoes and read it as if you don’t know what is going on and read it and see if it makes perfect sense and if you get the point across in the paper you have wrote. Murray also shows us that we can edit our draft by re writing it. By doing this you will be able to see what’s wrong in your witting and catch what’s doesn’t make sense and if it fits where it should be going. I believe that the author is right because we have to make our paper much more clear because I know mine isn’t clear at times and I will personally use this in my writing.

In the Everyday Writer, by Andrea A. Lunsford discusses the basic formats of citing quotes or in social science. You must cite everything for example: summaries, naming one or more authors, personal communication and quotes. The first thing must be the authors name and then the date next to it and the following step is the quote , followed by the page numbers. If used a book in your paper then you must ass the name of the book and also the year of the book was published also if the book has an editor then mention the editor and obviously the author. What the author is trying to say is mention everything you used in your paper and where you got it from so you will have evidence you did your work and that you didn’t plagiarize. I will personally use this when it comes to citing.

Work cited:

Andrea A. Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Boston. New York. 2009

Donald. M. Murray. The Craft of Revision. Boston. MA. 2004