Chapter 2 blog post

Chapter 2 Exploring and Focusing, another straight forward named chapter, does what it says it does, it helps you explore your topic and focus in on it. Though unlike chapter one, it has substantially more content for me to read. And while some of it I already know how to do, like get ideas from books, articles etc, I did not know that skimming was a god thing to do when looking into our sources. This will save me lots of time, but I do not see how it will help me focus my idea. I guess it must be used in moderation and not something I should rely on alone, it should also be noted that this is an organization technique and not a focus technique. I guess I just answered my own question. In the focus part of the chapter I found the section on identifying conversation was the most helpful. I had not heard of this idea before, and the chapter covers it nicely. It taught me that I should look for the connection in all of the material I gather for my paper, basically it says to get the common idea out of what I am using to see if it is relevant to what I am writing. It also taught me to look for arguments that I could use as counter evidence for my paper, as well as themes. So I am happy that I read through this chapter, although there was some skimming as well.