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Probably no one wants to think about #school right now, but #academia question:
My current method of writing first drafts for papers is the "throw spaghetti (facts/citations) at the wall and see what sticks" method. Is this something I need to grow out of? I confess I wasn't doing much refining of my papers this past semester, but the only thing I got dinged for was not elaborating and too-casual language.
They probably don't want to see the stuff I don't hand in where I swear a lot. Once I had to hand in one of those after the professor had said we didn't have to... orz
@Lapis I don't think there is one writing strategy that works for everyone. Spaghetti toss ideas to the wall? That might work. Make a structural map as guide? Maybe. Start at the first word and end at the last? Possibly. Or know where the ending is and start your writing backwards? Could work. Once you're out of school, unlearn all what they taught you, and find your own way forward. That's my teaching advice ...