January 18th Reading Response

Allen Summary
In her article, The Inspired Writer vs. The Real Writer, Sarah Allen convinces students, writers, and teachers that writing does not come easy for any of us. She argues that through vivid revision and editing from other colleagues or teachers, we can all become better writers. She says, "in that listening-talking, reading-writing relation, a collision, the inevitable momentary connection, happens.
Allen Response
My experiences of writing are similar to those of Sarah Allen's because I have also found it extremely difficult to write a paper that does result in tons of ink scribbles on it, even after I thought it was written as well as possible.
Murray Summary
In his article, All Writing is Autobiography, Murray attempts to prove to everyone that we all write using our own experiences and that no writing is completely fictional. He argues that all writing is your own because you are always the same person, whether you are writing poetry, fiction, academic articles, essays, newspaper columns, or even textbooks.
GRR
The guidance I received when writing school work was limited from my teachers because they rarely taught us how to properly write. They, more or less, just told me the basic construct required of our papers. My freshman English teacher in high school helped me out the most when it came to understanding how to successfully write a well-written paper. Through my friends peer-editing, I received the best input and could better my final draft.
QD
1) Murray is trying to tell us that writing should be moved closer to personal or reflective narratives, instead of fictional pieces of writing. He does admit that some of his his non-fictional work has some made-up parts to it, but by using your own experiences in your writing, your work will become better.
3) His article: contains a lot more incidents that he actually experienced, uses imaginative pieces to help keep the reader intrigued, uses past dreams to incorporate into his work, and writes poetry and fiction "to free himself of small truths in the hope of achieving large ones. He wanted to break the usual "rules" for writing in this scholarly article so the readers would have an easier way of understanding where she is coming from.
4) Murray's article is similar to other forms of the "scholarly article" genre in that it contains a poem entitled, Winthrop 1936, Seventh Grade, which contains text that is completely factual. It is also similar to previous articles because he assumes that readers will write their own poems based on it. That we all use others' writings to inspire our own work.
5) Murray's arguments did not change the way I think about writing because I like to incorporate my own experiences in my work. The only thing I might change is using some more creative non-factual texts to help my reader enjoy it more and not become bored while reading it.
MM
Muray's claims will have a positive impact on me as a writer because my attitude will change when I sit down to write a paper. I will incorporate many of my life experiences in it and try to write for my readers so they won't get bored with what I am trying to say.
Dawkins' Summary
In his article, Teaching Punctuation as a Rhetorical Tool, Dawkins attempts to prove to teachers that by studying actual writings, rather than hammering down all the grammatical rules day in and day out, students will become much better writers. He argues that punctuation is important, but there is rarely ever one specific way to punctuate a word pattern in our English language.
1st GRR
My sister's treehouse, which was made of wood scraps and cardboard, made a great place to play with her friends.
QD
2)  "Handbook rules provide no instructions for use of the comma"
     "Handbooks do not do not offer help for interdependent clauses of three or more"
     "Handbooks do not tell when to use a dash or a semi-colon"
3) Raising is the pressure to use a mark higher in the hierarchy for clarity purposes, while lowering is when you avoid using a comma between independent clauses.
5) After reading this article, I now know that handbooks do not provide single ways to format a sentence. I also learned that "learning to punctuate effectively requires only a little knowledge of grammar."
6) In the past, I have actually worried somewhat about punctuation in my writing. Dawkins has made me think less of punctuating, according to all the rules, and more about writing a fluent paper.
MM
By reading this article, I can learn more about punctuation being rhetorical than I would if a teacher explained it because the multiple examples allow me to actually see the many different rules when it comes to punctuation. I gained knowledge that will help me worry less about correctly punctuating my sentences. It will help me write a lot more productively.