Have a look at the cartoons in this document:
Which comes closest to the way you write?
Which of the qualities below (or their opposites) would you associate with each style? (Add your own ideas if you wish.)
- [Lack of] focus[Lack of] fluency
- [No] clear structure
- [Lack of] thoroughness
- A unified ‘whole’
- Scope/breadth
- Missing key ideas
- [In]coherence
- Flexibility [rigidity]
- Irrelevant digression
- Attention to detail
- Distorted interpretations
| Five writers | Potential strengths | Potential weaknesses |
| LEAPER | ||
| CRAZY PAVER | ||
| RUMINATOR | ||
| BLUEPRINTER | ||
| MAP-READER |
What can you learn from other approaches in order to avoid the potential weaknesses of your own?
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