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Discourse among this topic is rampant as many believe this process of writing conflicts heavily with other theories.

James Berlin writes in “Contemporary Composition: The Major Pedagogical Theories ” that expressionist theory clashes with Plato’s Transcendent World of Ideas, discussing the ways in which expressivism conflicts with the objective truth in Plato’s ideas. Berlin claims that

Hannah J. Rule writes in her chapter, “Rereading Romanticism, Rereading Expressivism: Revising ‘Voice’ Through Wordsworth’s Prefaces ,” that scholars such as Chris Burnham state that Expressivism is in direct conflict with the ideas of social constructionism. Rule further states that expressivism focuses more on the unique voice of the writer while allowing the writer to construct their identity.

Several scholars have noted that the expressivist process is incredibly valuable when it comes to writer’s forming their own identities within writing, Michele Zugnoni and Anne Harrington in particular.

Zugnoni’s dissertation, “Encouraging Empowerment Through Expression: Creation of a Self-reflective Writing Group for First-generation College Students ,” discusses the ways in which including self-reflection and self-expression within writing is incredibly helpful in allowing first-generation students to build a sense of individuality and purpose. Zugnoni had female, first-generation students use self-reflection in writing, allowing for this group of students to create a sense of individuality from writing freely.

In the book “Writing With Elbow,” Herrington’s chapter, titled “Gone Fishin’ : Rendering and the Uses of Personal Experience in Writing,” states that the exclusion of personal experience in an academic writing assignment disregards the value of a writer’s experiences.

Expressivist process theory ties in incredibly well with academic writing, Bruce Ballenger stating in an interview with Michale Michaud that academic inquiry focuses on discovery wherein expressivism is the discovery and analysis of your personal experiences. Ballenger further discusses that the act of writing about one’s personal experience not only helps to make sense of those experiences but allows them to build their voice, stating his own students had told him that writing had been put into a new light when allowed to express their personal experiences.