Rewriting and Andrew Sullivan

            Alright so I didn’t know that after reading Harris I would begin to appreciate the casualness of Sullivan’s writing. I felt while reading the Introduction and Coming to Terms of Rewriting that it was a summary of all of my high school English classes. I hadn’t realized that by your freshman year of college how to properly quote, site, and not plagiarize other sources was not common sense.

            Now I wont completely knock his book (one I’m sure you chose because you like very much, so my apologies), I did find his philosophy of giving credit more noticeably throughout your work as well as more often a great idea! I can’t think of how many times I write a paragraph and give credit to (Johnson, Book Title Here, pg 12) but what the hell does that mean? How does that help the reader and will that reader really go look for said book and compare and contrast or gain any meaning from that citation? Probably not. And while he didn’t exactly spell it out, the way he wrote gave explanation, background, and credit to his sources. I appreciated that and realized it was something most high school and college papers lack.

            Taking us back to blogging, I believe blogging as well makes one be accountable and credible as a writer. This was the concept that stuck with me the most.