Organizing Thoughts by Quick Writing

 Quick writing is a method of collecting ones thoughts on a topic. Many subjects can seem to complex to try and figure out what our opinion is, and that is why quick writing can help. Quick writing is the term used to describe a time of constant writing on a subject of a brief period of time, in order to stimulate thinking. It is a great exercise, to go through every once in a while especially when one's thoughts seem disorganized.

The purpose is not to sound good or elegant, or even get a lot written, as you can see from this assignment I did for my English Comp course, based on the first exercise in, The Curious Researcher.

Part One:

Being objective is extremely important to good research writing. If the author of a research paper does not keep all of their paper objective than the paper can easily seem irrelevant. A few examples of this are, Phillip Nitschke in his article Euthanasia Hope you never Need it But be Glad it is There. Nitschke ignores other view points and only presents his ideas without any fairly represented objections. This takes away from the paper he wrote, and makes readers get annoyed with him easily.

Part Two:

There IS a big difference between facts and opinions, and I must say many people do not seem to notice it. Many people say that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and then use that to say no one is ever right about anything. These people are correct in their first statement but they are completely wrong in their second statement. The difference between fact and opinion is that facts are undeniable bits of information, and opinions are things that one person believes and another person does not. So everyone has the right to their own opinion because opinions are flexible, but no one has a right to their own facts because facts are truth.

As you can see there does not seem to be a lot of focus, or even a point to the ramblings I produced, but the very act of writing on these subjects has allowed me to focus my thoughts in a new way. Basically quick writing is an exercise that can seem unorganized or pointless, but can be used as a personal means of organizing your thoughts into something you can coherently analyze.