Journal 1 Journal 1 for Composition 1, Conrad Keezer.

Journal 1 for Composition 1, Conrad Keezer.

One of the main focuses of writers when they create a work, is to creatively pose and solve a problem. Some questions that writers could ask of themselves are;
"What problem should be introduced in my writing?" or, "What does my audience know
about the subject?" These questions are called subject matter, and rhetorical problems.

These are crucial if the writer is going to create a good environment for a
problem and probable solutions to that problem. For Writers, they must exercise their
curiosity about a subject, creatively approach it, and learn how to solve it. Writers constantly question a subject to see if they can come up with different, or better answers.

The types of questions that most stimulate writing are open-ended questions.
These types of questions invite several points of view to a subject, and encourage debate about it. These questions will be problematic, significant to the reader's attention, and should also be interesting to the writer if the writer is going to be persuasive and engaging on the subject.

There are different types of writing, such as closed, and open forms of writing.The closed form of writing has its thesis stated in the introduction of it. All parts of the are clearly linked to the thesis.

An open form has a Theme based narrative. It is organized like a story, with events stated chronologically. One of the advantages of using an open form is the ability to appeal to the emotional side of an issue. To involve the humanity of a subject. This form of writing often violates the rules of a closed form however.

Other skills that are crucial to writing involve the ability to pose problematic questions with multiple answers. To be able to analyze a problem in all of its aspects, to define its key terms, causes, history, and the emotional effect it has. The ability to gatherfacts about the subject you are writing on is also important.

Another key skill is the ability of the writer to surprise a reader. A strong thesis often contains some uncertainty, or challenge. A strong thesis should challenge the reader with a different, or surprising view of the topic the writer has chosen. To surprise, the writer must have an argumentative and debatable issue. It doesn't have to be inherent in issue, but should be to the intended reader's reception. In summary, two ways of creating a surprising thesis are to; challenge a reader's view of the subject, and give your thesis tension.

A surprising thesis is only one part of an essay, however. An essay must have a thesis that is believable. A strong thesis then, should both surprise the reader, and be supported with convincing facts. The writer must take the information pertaining to the subject, and make a generalization from the information at hand. Once the point is stated, the point with its particulars becomes information with meaning. The writer must also, however, be sure to only include information that is relevant to the subject. Without consistency in making the argument, both the reader, and the writer get lost in the writing. Particulars then, must both be applicable to the subject at hand, and present, otherwise the reader would not understand why they should believe the generalizationsgiven to them.