{"id":1818,"date":"2014-12-01T01:57:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T06:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2014-10-30T11:02:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T16:02:15","slug":"the-question-and-answer-method-of-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2014\/12\/the-question-and-answer-method-of-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Question and Answer Method of Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

One way to write is to first write a list of questions, set the questions some place you can see them, and answer all the questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I continue to work with college students on their writing, and they continue to teach me.<\/p>\n

A recent assignment the students were working involved answering a set of questions about a given technology. It is amazing how complicated the students made the assignment. Their circuitous approaches to the assignment helped me clarify:<\/p>\n

the question and answer method of writing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here it is:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. write a list of questions<\/li>\n
  2. place the list where you can see it<\/li>\n
  3. write the answers to the questions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This method works better for non-fiction, informational writing. It also works well for non-fiction essays. It also works well for fiction.<\/p>\n

    Hmmm, I think that covers just about all forms of writing. Maybe something has escaped me at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Dwayne Phillips One way to write is to first write a list of questions, set the questions some place you can see them, and answer all the questions. I continue to work with college students on their writing, and they continue to teach me. A recent assignment the students were working involved answering a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,90,5],"tags":[154,207,128],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-education","category-writing","tag-communication","tag-education","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1819,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}