ENGL 298 B: Intermediate Writing Social Sciences   Autumn 2011, University of Washington

Tim Carter
English 298b
10/25/11
Paige Morgan
MP1 Process
When I first sat down to write to write my paper I knew I wanted to do a dialogue and I knew that I wanted to try and make it as real as possible (obviously). I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted Goldman and Socrates to be talking about so I started out with a pretty broad thesis, which is now in the process of being condensed and shortened. I wanted to try and be as specific as possible, but like I said before I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to talk about so I made a broader thesis and just started writing. Once I got in to the flow of being Goldman and Socrates. I tried to emulate Goldman’s passion and Socrates’s logic. To be perfectly honest I think that I didn’t go into specifics enough to really hit a dead end in any of my thoughts. It is one of the things that I need to change in my paper.
When I was writing my dialogue I wasn’t really trying to have Socrates and Goldman actually respond to what one another was saying. Instead, I focused on both of them getting their points across. In the final paper I need to make sure that I include their responses to one another like a real conversation would be. Another thing I used a lot was black monster. When I initially wrote this, I wasn’t too focused on describing it. Instead I was trying to use it as a derogatory term of Goldman’s for the government. I realize now that explaining it would be a fantastic idea. Also I just noticed that I stop typing at 277 words exactly like every time I write one of these things. Weird…