Punctuation

 Punctuation has always given me troubles when writing for I haven't known the rules as well as I should. These issues have been a prominent problem in my writing for a long time. This mad the article Teaching Punctuation as a Rhetorical Tool a very interesting one. The fact that he says that what I used to know as rules or “laws” of punctuation are actually guidelines I was shocked. But it also follows the road that a lot of of articles have been saying in our assigned readings. The way punctuation changes for who you are writing for seems to be important but as you can tell punctuation itself can change its entire meaning such as this picture.

When “good writers” like Orwell write they punctuate for their intended meaning that they have in mind and while put emphasis on the punctuation. For me I have always had a very weak grasp on punctuation and I have felt less confident as a writer in result. When going into a paper I have always given it the impression that I wast trying and that if I was it would be better. This has halted my ability to increase my skill because I was incompetent in certain areas I wouldn't try to advance myself to where I should be.

Side Note: I just read the Cracked article 6Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person in 2014 and I have been able to relate a lot of it to my life and in this case my own writing. Some of the content is NSFW so im just giving you a heads up.

All in all the writing that I have been producing in my life has been something that is riddled with errors and punctuation has been a major flaw that I have been ignoring with pure ignorance and laziness because I know It all wont happen in just a day but I will start working on my punctuation until I have a true understanding of what I am doing. As this is my last thought piece for this blog I would like to give my readers a sign off by thanking all of you who were with me from the beginning and has seen my writing grow with each article read from the book Writing about Writing.

Thank You,

Blake Dufner