{"id":966,"date":"2018-10-26T12:33:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/studentblog\/?p=966"},"modified":"2020-12-07T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:36:33","slug":"morningpages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.mun.ca\/studentblog\/morningpages\/","title":{"rendered":""Morning Pages""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amy,<\/a><\/p>\n

As I write this, I am in the fall semester of my third year of the program.\u00a0 I\u2019m pretty well on track as right now I am in the midst of the second draft of my proposal.\u00a0 This is a very exciting stage as I am creating my research design.\u00a0 It is a very thoughtful process as you have to think about what you want to find out and then you have to figure out how to find out what you want to know.\u00a0 Most of us will have an idea of what we would like to research when we enter into grad school.\u00a0 But lots of times that can change.\u00a0 The more we find out about our research areas, you can discover that what you had thought about researching is pretty well researched, so it may be better to come up with another idea.\u00a0 Or you may find out information that leads you down a whole other path.\u00a0 The more you know, the more you find out what you don\u2019t know.\u00a0 Thus, for me, the proposal writing process has been exciting as it is the beginning of research, which I why I started this program in the first place.\u00a0 It is a cool thing to work on because it is a combination of the past and the future.\u00a0 It is a document that highlights what I know and then provides a vision for the future:\u00a0 what I want to find out.\u00a0 It is strange writing in the future tense as that is not often the way I write.\u00a0 Furthermore, it is strange to declare what I am going to do or say when I also know that the research process is fluid and thus is bound to change.<\/p>\n

Throughout the writing of this proposal, I have been reflecting, reading and writing a lot about writing. This is because I want to be a good writer and a good researcher.\u00a0 I have asked myself why we write: to share, to provoke ideas, to entertain, to stimulate other people\u2019s ideas, to have people build on what you have to say, to make conversation.\u00a0 These ideas about writing are \u2018other\u2019 focused.\u00a0 The idea that writing is primarily to share what we\u00a0 know with other people.\u00a0 Thus, within this type of writing, the writer \u00a0needs to be thoughtful about an audience.\u00a0 Who is going to read what I write (anyone?!)\u00a0 This kind of writing also needs to be sensitive to the research subject.\u00a0 I am proposing to work with women in prison for my research.\u00a0 Thus, writing about this group requires careful thought and consideration.\u00a0 There is a great deal of stigma attached to this population.\u00a0 Thus, I want to write in a way that shares the voices of women who often do not get heard. But I also have to be careful to not further add to stigma through reporting without sensitivity.<\/p>\n

In addition to this kind of writing that shares, I have come to understand that writing can also be part of the process of understanding.\u00a0 This is writing that is not meant to be shared.\u00a0 Richardson (2000)\u00a0 refers to writing as \u201ca method of inquiry, a way of finding out about yourself\u00a0 and the topic\u201d (Writing: A Method of Inquiry in Denzin, NK and Lincoln, YS (Eds.) Handbook of Qualitative Research p. 923).\u00a0 I have become more thoughtful and diligent in journal writing.\u00a0 In this way, I am using writing not to share information but to understand information.\u00a0 I am writing about what I observe and experience.\u00a0 In this way, I am developing a deeper understanding of the world around me including my research process.\u00a0 That is not to say that what is written in my journal cannot or should not be shared (in fact, I have used a little piece of my journal writing in this blog post).\u00a0\u00a0 But what I mean is that writing can be processed, not just finished product.\u00a0 Writing helps to work through some of the muck before you get to the gem that you want to polish and share.<\/p>\n

I have started a writing exercise called \u201cmorning pages\u201d advocated by Julia Cameron in her book The Artist\u2019s Way<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 She suggests writing three pages each morning by longhand as a way to exercise writing and to sort through some thoughts that may be racing through the brain.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t been easy.\u00a0 I have accidentally missed days.\u00a0 I also have writing morning pages at night or afternoon.\u00a0 But I am writing.\u00a0 It has been helpful with my academic writing. It helps me to sort out thoughts or to plan the day’s activities.\u00a0 I am writing more.\u00a0 And the more I write, the stronger writer I become.
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