Thlog #4 - Bust a Move!

This week in class our main focus was "moves." I know what you're thinking, how the hell does something like "moves" correlate with reading. Well it was pretty eye opening. Moves in writing are things a writer does, and usually does often. They don't always have to be big things or little things, but they're like a signature thing that that someone does. At first I totally didn't get what the hell that meant but then I started to think about it in different ways. I use "moves" when I write all the time. I always catch myself using the same phrases or word choice—depending on the audience— when I write, which I guess are a kind of "move." I think the whole point of moves though, are to connect to the reader whether it's on a deep level or a surface type level. I think writer’s have their moves that make the particular piece. I can see how moves would also differ depending on genre and rhetoric. A writer will use different types of moves for a scholarly piece intended for a dean, then they would for their best friend’s birthday post on Instagram. All in all, I guess moves are important to writing. I have a feeling I’ve come across them a lot, but never noticed. I’m gonna be on the look out though.