{"id":6802,"date":"2007-08-03T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/"},"modified":"2007-08-03T17:40:01","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T17:40:01","slug":"where-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses"},"content":{"rendered":"\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> mins<\/span><\/span>

I’m home from another bi-weekly meeting of my program’s job-seekers and
\ndissertators. The second portion–a meeting of dissertators–focused on
\nmy<\/i> first twenty-pages, a chunk from the start of the second chapter where I
\ntry to make a quick-light-profound path through the fiercely guarded junkyard of
\nabstraction, speculative instruments, Science v. Art, and so on and so on,
\nwriting through concepts and leveling out some of the rutty groundwork. Of
\ncourse, part of the point is that it’s not junk<\/i> in the junkyard.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

One of the more challenging dimensions of a session like this is the degree
\nto which a chapter or a section from a chapter must account for all of the terms
\nit invokes. In an article, by contrast, we would expect everything to be
\nset up, plainly laid out (right, or else not<\/i>). But much of what I do at
\nthe outset of the second chapter takes the unwritten first chapter for granted.
\nThis is a matter of given and new: how do we locate the given and new in a
\ndissertation? Will chapter one definitions, arguments, and discussions
\nconstitute givens in chapters two through six? Or must they be re-capped,
\nre-introduced? If they are re-introduced, does the dissertation then come
\nto function more like a collection of articles and chapters that can stand alone
\n(because we desire for some of them to be ready for the transformation into an
\narticle)? I know the simplest answers to these must include caveats, but
\nI’m only trying to capture a few of the things I thought about on the bike road
\nhome from campus.<\/p>\n

My next small step will be to draft another ten pages on visual models (ch.
\n2, section 2), locating the rise of particular models in composition studies
\nbefore dealing with a couple of perspectives that contribute conceptually to a
\nrhetorical understanding of models. After that, maybe I’ll get going on chapter
\none and\/or rework some of the section that was generously and thoughtfully taken
\nup this afternoon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> mins<\/span><\/span>I’m home from another bi-weekly meeting of my program’s job-seekers and dissertators. The second portion–a meeting of dissertators–focused on my first twenty-pages, a chunk from the start of the second chapter where I try to make a quick-light-profound path through the fiercely guarded junkyard of abstraction, speculative instruments, Science v. Art, and so on and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dissertation"],"yoast_head":"\nWhere From Here?: Drafts and Responses - Earth Wide Moth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses - Earth Wide Moth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u23f3 Approximate reading time: 2 minsI’m home from another bi-weekly meeting of my program’s job-seekers and dissertators. The second portion–a meeting of dissertators–focused on my first twenty-pages, a chunk from the start of the second chapter where I try to make a quick-light-profound path through the fiercely guarded junkyard of abstraction, speculative instruments, Science v. Art, and so on and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Earth Wide Moth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derek.mueller\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derek.mueller\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-08-03T17:40:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Derek Mueller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Derek Mueller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Derek Mueller\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b\"},\"headline\":\"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-03T17:40:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Dissertation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/\",\"name\":\"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses - Earth Wide Moth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-03T17:40:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/03\\\/where-from-here\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Earth Wide Moth\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b\",\"name\":\"Derek Mueller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480\",\"width\":1220,\"height\":480,\"caption\":\"Derek Mueller\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.derekmueller.net\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/derek.mueller\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/dereknmueller\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/dnmueller\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.earthwidemoth.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/dmueller\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses - Earth Wide Moth","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses - Earth Wide Moth","og_description":"\u23f3 Approximate reading time: 2 minsI’m home from another bi-weekly meeting of my program’s job-seekers and dissertators. The second portion–a meeting of dissertators–focused on my first twenty-pages, a chunk from the start of the second chapter where I try to make a quick-light-profound path through the fiercely guarded junkyard of abstraction, speculative instruments, Science v. Art, and so on and...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/","og_site_name":"Earth Wide Moth","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derek.mueller","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derek.mueller","article_published_time":"2007-08-03T17:40:01+00:00","author":"Derek Mueller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Derek Mueller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/"},"author":{"name":"Derek Mueller","@id":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b"},"headline":"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses","datePublished":"2007-08-03T17:40:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/"},"wordCount":341,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b"},"articleSection":["Dissertation"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/","url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/","name":"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses - Earth Wide Moth","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-08-03T17:40:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/where-from-here\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Where From Here?: Drafts and Responses"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/","name":"Earth Wide Moth","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66fc5e80a62f53057760790b1cfeb24b","name":"Derek Mueller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480","width":1220,"height":480,"caption":"Derek Mueller"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-bmartwork.png?fit=1220%2C480"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.derekmueller.net\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derek.mueller","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dereknmueller\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dnmueller"],"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/author\/dmueller\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7tdGk-1LI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6832,"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/28\/chaptertation\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":0},"title":"Chaptertation","author":"Derek Mueller","date":"September 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The second chapter--a megalo-chapter with probably too much conceptual hefting--is nearly drafted. Granted, it's a raw, rough draft, but I'm generally happy with it, happy, more than anything, with the paces I've been able to manage by writing on it each and every day (of the week). At close to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dissertation"","block_context":{"text":"Dissertation","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/category\/dissertation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7470,"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/04\/thirtieth-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":1},"title":"Thirtieth Days","author":"Derek Mueller","date":"February 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Still on sabbatical. Thirty days. Work rhythms have been more predictable and disciplined lately. Up early enough, write until noon or so. Out of this, a chapter takes shape--the third chapter. I just sent it off to the editor. Just over 10,000 words. Fourty-eight references. Ten original figures plus the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sabbatical"","block_context":{"text":"Sabbatical","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/category\/sabbatical\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7468,"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/05\/second-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":2},"title":"Second Days","author":"Derek Mueller","date":"January 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Second days of sabbaticals. I've known only one second day: today. The fifth. As worklike as day one, with the exception that digressive minutiae are more appealing than before--trimming fingernails, sweeping the floor (not that it needs it but for that one speck of mud maybe, which spotted me spying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sabbatical"","block_context":{"text":"Sabbatical","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/category\/sabbatical\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7232,"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/01\/short-sentences\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":3},"title":"Short Sentences","author":"Derek Mueller","date":"November 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Tomorrow in ENGL328, we're working with \"Short Sentences,\" the first chapter in Virginia Tufte's Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style. The chapter presents four basic sentence types or kernels: equations with be, equations with linking verbs, transitives, and intransitives. In the first half of the chapter, Tufte attaches numerous examples to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dry Ogre Chalking"","block_context":{"text":"Dry Ogre Chalking","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/category\/dry_ogre_chalking\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6827,"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/21\/10x\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":4},"title":"10x","author":"Derek Mueller","date":"September 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I might be on the down slope in this second chapter. I've been writing about scale, aerating the idea of \"textual altitude.\" I begin with conventional notions of scale, like those we find in traditional, basic cartography. Drawing on a couple of geography resources, I brush the term in two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dissertation"","block_context":{"text":"Dissertation","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/category\/dissertation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6395,"url":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/05\/new-london-grou\/","url_meta":{"origin":6802,"position":5},"title":"New London Group, “A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies”","author":"Derek Mueller","date":"September 5, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"We're on with four articles for Wednesday's meeting of 691: Crafting Researchable Questions.\u00a0 We broke up responsibilities for question-bringing, two or three primary respondents\/discussion-framers to each of the articles, but I have brief notes here on each of the articles (something I can carry to class, search later, etc.).\u00a0 My\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reading Notes"","block_context":{"text":"Reading Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/category\/reading_notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}