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In the Fall of 2005, I take ENGL395 Writing Tutor Internship Training. This is a course one is appointed to by English professors that are familiar with one's work and think that other student's will benefit from your writing knowledge.
Pictured in the Front, Right to Left: B. Chewning, E. Piccirillo; Rear, Right to Left: N. Barsky, Me, M. Bowen, S. Norfolk.
The class is team taught by two professors simultaneously and is rigorous. The main focus is the "Writing Process," or so we think. It is not until we study communication methodology across tow courses within the "Shipka Spaces" that we come to understand that the "Writing Process" extends well beyond what we are formally taught in ENGL395. I am not arguing that what was taught in ENGL395 is incorrect nor invalid information. All information is valuable. What I argue is that the "Writing Process" extends far beyond what is in the writer's mind and way beyond the sphere of the computer monitor and any research conducted on the Internet and the library. A writer's writing process is carried within the mind of the author/designer. It is not a "stand alone" process performed within isolation. I argue that the "writing process is a series of communications extending outside of one's self and is influenced by people, places, and things within social spaces. Remember Ray Bradbury and his cramped "writing Space" filled with various objects for stimulating the "creative writing process?" I argue that the writing process extends beyond objects. I argue that the "writing process" is much more complex than what is taught in most institutions today studying the writing process. Part of my extended argument may be found in my proposal to use "Myers Briggs" definition of personality types for tutoring the writing process as different personalities have different writing processes and that each personality has its weaknesses and may benefit from the strengths of a different personality type. This research may be found here in .pdf format.