cohesive writing, the method

This chapter made me reflect on some of my past writing assignments in high school and college. I always thought that just getting started writing was the worst part. Writing does have inertia, and Jago provided some great examples of how to get students to start writing.
The questioning method is a great way to brainstorm. Your first thoughts don't have to be correct, but they generally will lead you to more in depth thought. Student's often can fuel eachother, so disscussing different interpretations are helpful, especially when it is made clear that any interpretation is valid when given enough evidence to support. In my own writing method, I usually brainstorm in the form of outlines. I will often write out quotes that I want to stress or develop, so it is easier for me to know where I am going. When freewriting the mind can take you to so many different places, and putting your freewriting into a draft should focus your thoughts into a smaller thesis.
The advice on constructing thought reponsing prompts also made me reflect on previous experiences of my own. I have always had a hard time finding a subject to write on with no guidance at all. And having no choice at all also made it difficult to enjoy what I was writing about. Choosing a topic from list of questions or prompts gave me enough freedom and guidance to write an essay, especially if it were a literature based essay.
I had not realized the importance of creating a shorter question that requires multiple thought processes and responses. I have had essays in which the prompt was rather lengthy and it was hard to really find out what the teacher wanted us to write about. A complicated question makes starting the writing complicated, and it would slow down that writing inertia.