Summary:
Reither's article, "Writing and knowing: Toward Redefining the Writing Process" brings up many good questions. Questions that I have personally never thought of, and yet the questions are very simple. Reither also looks at how writing is viewed generally and says that these are misconceptions. The delusion that the writing process is an individual effort is not true in the since that many the work was inspired through the world and not conceptualized in the writers mind or own actions, but in actions of the world around the writer. Reither says in order for writing to develop even farther we, as writers, need to ask new questions that will give us more knowledge than what we now have. "How do writer acquire the authority that impels them to write?" This is just one example of how Reither gives questions to the reader to spark more questions that will help understand the writing process by acquiring more knowledge. This is Reither's way of challenging the writing community and future writers to be. He challenges the way things are in the writing community by saying that we don't know near as much as we need to know. He goes on later to state similar ways that the writing world needs to push itself to know more about writing before we feel as though we are comfortable with what we already know
Response:
This personally felt like a weak attempt at inspiration. Yes, we need to ask more questions, but we always need to be asking more questions! Thats nothing new. There were some good points made, and there were some questions that he brought up that personally I found interesting. The questions he gave in the text were simple but afgfective. Having read the Emig jounal first, i have to admitt i was a little tired of reading. This may be the reason why I am being so critical of Reither. I don't feel there is too much to write about this journal. I am sure many of my classmates and probably Dr. Fornes will disagree, but I am cutting this response short on account that, I just couldnt find this journal interesting enough to write about.