Brainstorming the Writing Process

     These six chapters have showed me techniques and strategies that I will be able to use throughout the rest of my college career.  The part that helped me the most was "Brainstorming with Others". Group brainstorming can be very difficult due to lack of participation.  The section, "Encouraging Everyone to Participate",  gives an example of how to extract someones opinion by saying something as simple as "What do you think?".  If you are more of a shy person, like myself, sometimes it takes someone asking you to voice your opinion to actually do it.  So as a leader in group activities,  you need to have enough communication skills to get the shy group members to participate.  This is very important because participation is key. If everyone in the group is involved then no opinion will be left out. Sometimes the quiet or shy group members have the best ideas.  Another part of the reading that helped me was Chapter 24,  "Writers Block".  I am the worlds best at procrastination when it comes to writing.  This really was the chapter for me because right from the beginning it talked about procrastinating.  This section also taught me how to plan for my writing so I do end up writing the assignment the night before it is due.  I will definitely make a calendar for my upcoming writing assignments in this course, as that will help me with my procrastination.  Overall these six chapters briefly explained skills and techniques that I will be able to use throughout this course.