Three Types Writing Identities
These are the three types of writing identities mentioned in the blog poll. Use these to help you determine what is your writing identity. If this poll happens to be over and you would still like to share your writing identity, please leave a comment below.
1)
School Writers
- Those
who comply with objective school structures and write because it is required at
school.
- They show little evidence of
engagement with writing tasks, innovative techniques, or of reflexive or
creative decision-making in writing.
2)
Constrained Writers
- Those
who show evidence of writing identities that are not defined by school writing,
yet are highly influenced by it.
- They mediate subjective (personal) concerns
and interests with objective structures and expectations. However, ultimately
structures have the greater influence.
- In this way, these students show
elements of creativity and dramatic and recognizable voice, yet their writing
seems unable to fulfill its potential, as they are constrained by formulaic and
mechanical demands of test writing.
3)
Reflexive Writers
- Those
who show evidence of a well-developed sense of self as a writer.
- They can articulate their reflexive writing
strengths, including the effects that these might have on their audiences, and
they produce texts that are creative, show recognizable and resonant voice and
are not written from genre recipes.
Ryan, M. (2014). Writers as performers: Developing reflexive and creative writing identities. English
Teaching: Practices and Critique, 13 (3), 130-148.
