forming arguments in writing
I tried not using any form of AI help at all in writing and it gave me a huge reality slap. I haven't been writing anything on my own for the past three years--like entirely on my own for a first draft--and it is embarrassing. I know I am an ESL and my education didn't provide me good tools on learning how to write and most of my writing journey is from my experience getting involved in a text roleplaying forum (300-500 words per posts, yay). But of course all of that is not an excuse.
I was able to slow down, understand what makes writing hard, and realize what is wrong with my writing approach. I think I am lucky that my advisor is willing to let me embark on this journey despite the looming deadline for the paper. I thought I developed the outline well, and realized it wasn't after I feed it to AI and my advisor to criticize.
Here's five questions that I thought (and using right now) in the hopes of better writing / outline construction.
- What is the problem?
- What are you trying to address?
- What method/techniques are you bringing?
- Why are you even doing this?
- what is the argument that you are trying to build?
Wish me luck for my future writing as I have 4-5 papers to write this Summer... shudders.