"Rose" QDJ 1,2, & 4

1. Create a list of all the rules that, according to Rose, interfere with “the blockers” writing. What rules, if any, do you find yourself forced to follow that seem to get in the way of your writing?

List of rules:

1.  A good essay will always grab the reader or reader’s attention immediately.
2. If sentences aren't grammatically ‘correct,’ they aren’t useful.
3. If the first paragraph is good, then the rest of the essay will be good
4. Always have at least three or more points in an essay.\
5. Elements of a story or poem must have some sort of linear structure and clarity, or bringing people closer to the issue.
6. The analysis of a story or poem must provide clarity that may appear to be absent in the writing.
7.  Humanities papers must scintillate with insight, must present images, ideas, ironies gleaned from the literature under examination.
8. The writer must have a plan, a strategy of some sort in order to solve a problem, when the plan is created, it becomes an exact structural and substantive blueprint that cannot be violated.
9. Somebody who achieves some sort of “flow” in one’s writing through by using adequate transition.
10.  Someone who achieves substance to someone’s writing through the use of evidence.

Rules I’m forced to follow:

1.  An essay will always grab the reader’s attention immediately
2.  If the first paragraph is good, then the rest of the essay will be good
3. Always have at least three or more points
4. The writer must have a plan or some sort of strategy
5. Someone who achieves some sort of flow
6. Someone who achieves substance to someone’s writing through the use of evidence

2. Describe the difference between the rules that blockers in Rose’s study were following and those that non-blockers were following. What accounts for the difference?

Non-blockers

1. Use as many ideas or reasons in your thesis paragraph as you can and then create paragraphs for each idea.
2. Always try to keep audience your intended audience in mind.
3. If a rule conflicts with what is sensible or with experience, reject it.
4. Whenever you’re stuck, just write.
5. If your original thought will not work, then try something different.

4. Based on Rose’s study and descriptions of writers and their rules, write a “rule” explaining what makes a rule good for writers, and what makes a rule bad for writers. You’ll get bonus points if you can tell whether your rule is algorithm or a heuristic.

                One of many good rules for the writer or writers is to have correct grammar and punctuation and correct structure throughout their entire paper and out of algorithm and heuristic, the good rule is algorithm.  A bad rule is whenever you’re writing, make sure to take out or remove points so the audience will get a full and detailed picture of the outcome of what is being explained rather than being confused and this is an example of heuristic.