I
want to start off by making it clear the Process Essay deemed to be the most
difficult people I have written Where do I even begin? I thought to myself as I
rummaged the internet for examples. Initially, I thought the protocol was
supposed to be me explaining how the process of my writing takes place. I
verbally echoed my thoughts about how I perceived as the steps I took to
writing an essay. Was it easy? Heck no! It was rather awkward, accommodated by
many silent seconds and funny faces. I knew something was wrong when I went to
transcribe my speech into different categories. With much confusion, I looked
towards the blog posting on how to complete the Process Essay assignment. I
eventually figured out that the protocol speech served as evidence to use when
dissecting your process; which ultimately meant it could be the process of any
topic. ‘’This makes much more sense!’’ I said out loud (I seriously did!)
After
much contemplating, I settled with vocalizing my thoughts on an essay I had to
write for music theory. I did not think much of it, just pressed the record
button and tried to be as productive in thinking as possible. I believe this is
what caused my protocol to be somewhat inaccurate. My theory was, if I kept a
constant flow of speech, it would be surely grasp every since detail of my
thought pattern. It was a nearly impossible task to keep talking because I
would forget my train of thought frequently. I was struck by ‘’writer’s block’’
at the beginning, saying useless lines like ‘’I’m not quite sure how to start
this..’’ or ‘’Man, this topic essay is so strange!’’ After about three minutes
of utter confusion, I stopped the record button and ventured off to my WAW book
for examples. It was a relief knowing that many people in general have
difficulties voicing their process according to ______. I read up on how she
organized her thought patterns into different evaluation steps, and used that
system break up my process. ‘’Thinking, Planning, Revising and Writing.’’ These
were the key elements when writing an essay. Slowly but surely, I followed
these steps with much effort (making sure not the stray off topic) and the
benefits paid off. I could clearly see where I was planning, where I
demonstrated analysis and further on, due to the fact that I was thinking ahead
where I should be hitting these areas. I believe the key component for creating
a good protocol is to stay completely focus on your writing topic and express
your thoughts with simple terminology. I know myself I did not get the best
accurate protocol, but it worked out just fine.
My
next task was the actual decoding of my protocol. I found many examples of how
to break down the process in WAW. I was encouraged Brandt’s method due to her
use of colors as a visual. I typed out word-for-word my recording and read out
line every sentence. It was a bit tricky at first, but reading the sentences
out loud helped greatly in figuring out which ‘’process’’ the sentence belonged
to. After a few sentences, I began to get into the groove of things and
transcribing became natural. You definitely have to be patient with yourself,
because 90% of the actual decoding is you analyzing your own previous thoughts
patterns.
The
construction of the essay was a fairly simple task at hand. I have the evidence
on my process, now all I have to do it put it into human understanding form
where I express the deep findings I discovered about my writing. Did I plan at
the beginning? Hit a writer’s block anywhere? These were the questions I asked
myself. In order to learn where specific patterns occurred, I would often
question my own writing style. ‘’Why exactly did I say this?’’ ‘’How does this
argument support my previous comment?’’ and so forth. To fully understand WHY I
decided to think the way I thought was my goal. Take for example, in my
protocol I touched on the topic why music related to my educational studies. I
presented an argument (my thinking) and followed it by details backing up why I
took this position (writing.)
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