Taking an Approach

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As I continue to read his book, I am getting the feeling that Harris is getting a little repetitive. Most of the concepts he explains seem to have a lot of similarities. His Taking an Approach concept sounds very similar to Forwarding, Coming to Terms, and Countering. In all of these we as writers are using works that have already been writer and points that have already been made and making them our own. Creating something original from something original.  “The original does not go away but is remade into something new.” Taking an Approach is working in the mode of another writer adopting their style. Taking an Approach can have various forms depending on the choices the writer makes when they read any given work. The New York Times most often does not take an approach because they are reporting news and facts and these are more important to its readers than the style of writing. But in blogs and the opinion section of the Times taking an approach is most likely widely used. Because these types of writing are opinion based people often attempt to create original thoughts or ideas based on the work of another, essentially Taking an Approach. Many opinion articles will read fact based stories and create unique opinions and perspectives based on the unbiased sources. This is a way to Take an Approach on something which improves the quality of the writing. In any opinion or argument based writing, it is extremely difficult to avoid Taking an Approach because this is essentially what one has to do in order to form a unique opinion or argument.