Outside of my current english 110 course, there have been other papers that I have written for my philosophy 125 course. The paper was focused on the ideas of friendship being compared and contrasted between two philosophers which we learned about in and outside of class. This was an essay that did not include my own opinion, but I was required to use to the texts by or about the two philosophers in order to prove my claim of how they are similar or different. This style of paper is very familiar to me since it follows the same general set up at many of the papers I have had to write for my english 110 class. When it came to writing this paper for my philosophy class, I had to read all of the work given about these philosophers and then begin to map out where I wanted to take my paper, essentially it was an outline to an outline. This involved a lot of shifting around ideas, seeing where their ideas connected and where they split, and from there choose the best order in the paper for my ideas. When it came to writing this paper, it was a long process of determining which points and ideas worked best and what their placement should be in the paper.
As I worked on the paper, I would look back at what I had already written and see if my ideas flowed as well as I wanted to them to and to see if anything needed to be changed. Here and there I would find ideas that felt out of place or some points that didn’t really fit into the paper where I had rambled on. I would often end up moving certain parts and restructure my essay so that it would have a better flow and rhythm, which would make it easier for my audience to follow and understand the points I am trying to make. The recursive writing process is one that can be applied to any piece, it is important to look at writing of any kind as being an open activity and that it can constantly be changed.
