The Theory of Composing
If there is one thing that I have learned from my WEPO class, it’s that definitions are not set in stone. When I began this semester, I believed that I had a concrete idea of what various terms that are used in the English world meant. Genre, writing, and editing were just some of the key words that I had heard over and over while taking English classes in secondary school. These terms were drilled into my head since elementary school, so of course I would know what they mean. I believed that college would just expand upon these previous definitions, but this class alone has changed my opinion on what certain words mean. In my initial blog post, I stated that composing was less detailed and planned out when compared to writing. I stated that a composition could be compared to puzzle pieces and a writing would be the complete puzzle. I now believe the opposite. I believe that writing is not as formal. Writing could be writing a to-do list, a journal entry, or ...