SQR 5

Cynthia Sanchez
M. Andrea Martinez
English 1320/1301.158
Trang Phan
Writers-Base Prose: A cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing,
Linda Flower, Writers-Base Prose: A cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing, College English, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Sep., 19879), pp. 19-37
Summary:
In this article Linda Flower briefly describes of how writing should not be an obstacle in peoples life’s. She explains over some formats that people use that is not hard for them as they say writing is. For example “expressing what they think: or “saying what they mean”. Flower explains over how readers find it so difficult to understand some of the writing the writers write on article they publish, she describes over different ways writers explain their point of view but some readers seem not to get the hang of the writers view. Writers-base prose is an expression that is very well known for writers to use during their writing time, it is a record that they use verbally, it is known that Writes-Base prose falls into associate, narrative path of the writer’s confrontation towards their subject, as well as explaining that the writers go back to their experiences that they have faced before and they just turn them into facts. It is known that headings, topic sentences, and several of the subjects refect on new subjects and focus on process, peoples, and problems.
Question:
What is the difference between Write-Based Prose and Reading-Based Prose?
Response:
Writer-based prose as the writer just writing what he or she is thinking. They just write down what they feel and all their emotions in their own thoughts or ideas into a piece of paper and they do not take into consideration their audience that are reading their article. In order for the writers to change the writing they should think about the reader’s first like to put themselves in their reader’s shoes. So that the readers can understand the writers point of view. They have to take into consideration how the reader sees the reading and if they are able to understand it. Reader-based prose is when the writer does take the reader into consideration. So the reading is more understandable to reader and the reader doesn’t get caught up in the reading without knowing what the reading is about. Overall I think writers should write reader-based prose when they write a story, not writer-based prose because the reading is for the readers not the writer. They should write writer-based prose only when they are writing in a journal or diary, because that is their personal space and they should be able to write their thoughts freely.