This picture speaks for itself and describes me well. When I sit down to write a paper, and brag about it to all my friends on facebook or tell my mom how clever i will be. I usually start with good cheer, but always end up doing everything else. Usually I start by opening the news, followed by facebook, and when all of the news and statuses are read, I open a couple of regular blogs. From time to time I open my document, write a few sentences and turn on my music. This is actually pretty frustrating. I am sitting there, complaining and whining because I can't concentrate about my my paper. It would be so much better if all my assignments were math or chemistry related. I like algorithm. Fancy word? I know. This is an expression I learned about in my English class that also expanded my vocabulary. They are "precise rules that will always result in a specific answer if applied to an appropriate problem." (Rose, 239) Algorithm can for instance be a mathematical problem, or in relation to statistics and research reports. Algorithms are the opposite of heuristics.
Even though I like math better than writing, heuristics is what I prefer in writing.
You maybe ask yourself, "What does heuristic means?" Heuristic writing means that there are fewer rules to follow. You get to write in a way that makes you investigate and discover more about your own knowledge. Mike Rose, made an analysis of writer's block, and he describes heuristics as, "rules of thumb" and "guidelines that allow varying degrees of flexibility when approaching problems." He also says that, "a heuristic does not guarantee the optimal solution or, indeed, any solution at all; rather, heuristics offer solutions that are good enough most of the time." I think of heuristic writing as free-writing. I can compare heuristic to this blog, where I allow my self to write unrestrained and creatively
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