The subject that struck me the most from
Sondra Perl’s article was her mentioning of projective structuring. I do agree
that it can be problematic because during that process you want to please your
reader and it becomes such a focus that it doesn’t let you express what you
really want to write about. During this process your felt sense does get shut
off sometimes and that’s a way projective structuring can go wrong. It
does so happen that I get caught up during this procedure and I don’t really
focus on what I want to write which is a mistake because my end product is not
as good as it could be if I weren’t worrying so much about the reader. I
believe I have to focus on the correct way of projective structuring. That is to
put myself into a reader’s shoes, be able to pull myself apart from my paper
and become a complete stranger to it, not focus on what errors there are in the
paper. I do know what it is to read someone’s work and feel completely lost so
I will have to learn to call up that felt sense as a reader and try going
through my paper like that to see how it makes me feel as that reader. My paper
should be easy to understand and the topic should be explained clearly because
that is what the reader is looking for, not how correct or incorrect a paper
is.
Well, I'm glad you are learning you need to balance the three parts of the process against each other. Like three large rods you want to make a tent out of. But felt sense probably has to be at the root of everything, doesn't it? You can't worry about the reader FIRST. But you do eventually have to.
ReplyDeleteGood work.