Rewriting Ch 5 Questions

Coming to Terms:
I feel like this part of re-writing is fairly easy for me because I have a very hard time writing unless I know exactly where my essay is going, hence I tend to organize my thoughts in outline form and have the entire paper planned out before I begin to write. For this research proposal I started by providing some brief background and then immediately posing my question; all subsequent paragraphs provide information which directly supports my solution to the question. I wrote an outline before I began on the actual paper, during which time I struggled with posing an answerable question and formation the proof and conclusion in a logical and convincing manner. I feel like I mostly accomplished this step of rewriting in the outline stage before I truly began the paper.

Forwarding:
I am guilty of the “irony of rewriting” in that I tend “ to become so preoccupied with fixing what isn’t going right in the text” that I “neglect to build on what is.” I like this idea focusing on and improving the positive and I am defiantly trying to use it while I edit my paper, but because the concept is so new to me I think I’m going to have to spend a lot of time practicing before the additions I make will cease to seem forced.

Countering:
I thought about including a counter argument in my original outline, but shyed away from the idea because I was afraid it might seem more convincing than my argument. I feel like my topic is very open to debate, since it is rather ideological in origin. I am investigating counter arguments, but I’m still not sure how best to include one.

Taking an Approach:
I defiantly used this part of the chapter in editing my paper. I always have trouble creating a conclusion that doesn’t simply involve repeating myself. I feel that by using my concluding paragraph to expound upon my research and explain the potential implications it may have in the future, I maintain the reader’s attention by adding new information without differing from the main topic.