Recursivness

Have you heard about the word recursiveness? Rucursiveness was not a common word in my world. Having to understand the meaning of this word, I have also had the opportunity to use it in multiple contexts. Recursiveness, or retrospective structuring, is a structured way of looking back on what you have already written in order to go forward and discover more of what you have to say. In my previous project in my English class I looked at this expression as something that interrupted my writing. I explained it as a bad habit and how I self-judge my writing way to much. Turned out I was wrong. It can be good to look back on my writing, not to fall out, and to be able to look further on.

Sondra Perl, which I wrote about in a previous post, did a research on a guy named Tony. Turned out that recursiveness helped Tony in his writing as well. When he was aware of what he was writing, it was easier for him to look forward and to write more. So think about that, if you get stuck, or lose the grip of your text, try to look back and figure out what you were going to tell in the beginning.  

Are you recursive? Do you think that helps you to write a better paper?