Writing Topic: Rules for Writers chapter 46

           In chapter 46 of the book, Rules for Writers, Diana Hacker explains ways to read, understand, and summarize a text. A text is a group of writing that can be an essay, a summary, or any group of information that you can analyze. To understand and study a text, Hacker gives us annotating and organizing tools we can use.This takes us a step further than reading so that we get a better idea about what the text is actually about.
          Annotating is note taking by writing on the text that you are reading. This includes underlining words and sentencing that stand out to you, and questioning paragraphs or statements in the text. It also could be circling a word or sentence that you don't understand. Another tool is making an outline of the text or a quick summary. This lays out the information in a much simpler way without detail so you can see the basic meaning of the text.
          
           I plan On using these methods that i learned so I can better summarize or write about something that we need to read in the class. This was a good way to organize my thoughts and better understand things that we read. I feel with more organization my essays and summaries can make more sense and I can get down what is more important to write.

"Freewriting Exercises" Dialogue

            What is a freewrite?  How is it meant to facilitate stronger writing? What did you find surprising or illuminating about the reading?
            A freewrite is a quick paced writing style without any editing rules. You are suppose to write without stopping and write exactly what runs through your mind, whether it is on a topic or not. Giving you less time to worry about how you put your words on paper gives you the advantage to write more and get more out of you. 
           To me freewrites can  really help because i have less worries, which clears out my head more so i can focus on what i want to write. You don't always get lucky with freewriting because nonsense can come out of it, but if your on a roll and writing down good material it can be great.
           I think freewriting can also help me brainstorm for future essays because it gathers my thoughts at a more quicker pace. I thought the reading was very informative and it had a lot more interesting ideas about how freewriting can actually help me. It showed both the negatives and the positives about freewriting.

Introductions Dialogue

             Hi, my name is Tyler Rosales and I'm an eighteen year old  living in Windsor. I've been living there for about 14 years and grew up around Northern California my whole life. I have only been out of the state a couple times to Seattle and Oregon. I have a small family consisting of a twin brother, a little brother and two parents. Although my life is not exciting, there has been nothing but happiness and great times. Nothing has gone wrong yet and hopefully it stays that way in the future. I would say I'm the type of learner that likes to be lectured instead of doing projects. I am a great listener and love to hear stories. When it comes to English I feel it is better to do a layout of everything before i write it, because I am very bad at putting what i think in my head out on paper and making sense of it.
           I am going to a Junior College so that I can buy more time to figure out what i want to major in, while at the same time get the credits i need to transfer to a state or university. I am looking at majoring in Music Theory, or Marine Biology so far, which are unfortunately two really different things. The colleges I am looking at are Sonoma State and San Jose State which have really good music programs. I am a very indecisive person so hopefully I figure it out in the next year.
           Music is very important to me and I am a big fan in the way it is changing these days. I look at bands that are critically acclaimed, and bands that find a way to change music like the Beatles back then. Bands like Radiohead or Arcade Fire are doing that these days and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for music. Hopefully majoring in Music Theory can help me find that out easier!