Summary
In Harris' article, "Composing Behaviors of One- and Multidraft-Writers" she explains the effects of pre-text, and the difference between revision and multi-drafting. She also covers an experiment done to observe the writing habits of people who have different drafting styles to see if there is a correlation between drafting styles and the overall quality of their writing.
Questions
I consider myself to be more of a one-draft writer. However, that one draft will change and evolve a lot from it's original state to the finished product. But never do I write multiple versions of one paper before constructing my final edition. According to Harris, I may not be able to fully expand my paper in all of the directions possible because I am writing to finish the paper. Unlike multi-drafters who could reread through the paper and decide that they want to take a new stance, or make a new point in the other direction. This would not be possible for one-drafters.
Reaction
This article was pretty long/at times hard to keep up with. I really liked how the author talked about the advantages/disadvantages to each kind of writing style in this article. It gave me the opportunity to reflect on my writing choices and see where I need to spend more time to ensure better quality papers. For example, fully thinking out all of my points and the directions in which I would like to take my points before starting the paper in order to ensure that I won't regret not putting a point into the paper after finishing it/turning it in.
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