ENG151 Allen's Apa. Question's

Dr. Steven Kapela

Avalon Bednarcik

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2. When I think of a professional writer I get this idea in my head of a person who absolutely loves writing, unlike myself. It’s one of those people who love reading books, and writing papers. They are very studious and very much enjoy their English class. They take time writing papers, and rewrite them until they are perfect. They conduct lots of research and make outlines for their paper by find key information. No I know from my experience writing is not easy and takes lot of hard work.

Applying and Exploring Ideas

1. Almost every time I write a paper I use imitation because I feel it’s easy to outline someone else paper. It is easier for me to read someone else’s paper and frame an outline to help me write. Sitting down and writing a paper it’s hard to think of creative ideas so it helps to look at other works. The only circumstance I feel this would be unreasonable is if you are plagiarizing. If you’re actually coping their work then you aren’t even writing an original paper.

Questions for Discussing and Journaling

3. I have colluded in the past many times, like the reading; I also have my mom edit my papers. Not any of my high school reports, but when I was in grade school she would help and check my work for me. I really don’t believe that collusion could even be considered plagiarism because it’s just like getting a second opinion on your writings. It could be considered plagiarism if someone else colluded your entire paper and you rewrote it because of everything they edited. At that point it would essentially be considered someone else’s work.   

Meta-moment

I have never been negatively inspired by a writer; if I do not like there idea I usually just take it for what it is or disregard it. I always stand by my idea because i stand by my ideas and support them. Typically looking at other writings helps me form my idea better even if my idea doesn’t exactly click with theirs. I believe no idea is a bad idea. I really enjoyed reading Allen’s article; all the articles from this book have honestly helped me improve my writings.