Pagpadayon: Milestones of a Student-Writer’s Journey
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https://doi.org/10.64612/ijiv.v1i6.41Keywords:
milestones, motivations, writing journey, Special Program in the Arts, Writer(s)-within-Community (WWC) model, writers’ community, zineAbstract
This qualitative descriptive study examines the main steps and forces that shape a student writer's writing process. The study used in-depth interviews and descriptive case analysis to find three main milestones: joining the Special Program in the Arts, making a zine as a creative outlet, and becoming a part of a writers' group. Writing in a daily diary, building a relationship, using writing as a form of advocacy, the support that writing communities offer, getting helpful feedback, and writing for professional, cultural, and societal change were some of the things that drove the participant. The study shows that personal experience, social involvement, and group membership can all affect how well you write. The WWC model provides a solid framework for thinking about this process, and the participants' stories prompt us to look more closely at the emotional and temporal aspects of writing in groups. This study supports the model's focus on how the relationship between a person's drive and the social surroundings that shape their writing identity changes over time, especially in marginalized and regional settings.
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