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I found this piece by Sondra Perl very interesting because at first she talks about an experiment that was carried out by teachers at NYU in a writing course to tape their thoughts while they composed on a specific topic. This experiment seemed to be useful because a result came out of it the, Recursive process of writing was recognized and patterns were also observed. However, Sondra Perl also gave tips on how to recognize recursive writing and an example of it would be...stop writing and constantly going back and re-read what is written. She explains that Recursive Writing varies from 'writers to writers' and 'topics to topics'. She talks about Felt Sense, which I found very interesting because it was something that existed but was never explained and Perl actually gave it a name. I think every writer can relate to Felt sense, this process focuses on one's inner reflections and also involves bodily sensations. I thought that Retrospective Structuring and Recursive Writing were similar processes but have slight differences. To me, I thought that Retrospective Structuring leaned more towards focusing and being cautious about what you are writing and Recursive Writing, writers constantly stops and re-read what they wrote. I liked this piece because I understood it very well.