Summary Of The Maker's Eye By Donald Murray

In the article “The Maker’s Eye,” Donald Murray establishes the idea that, to create a strong essay and be a strong writer, you have to recognize the subject of your writing, but most of all how you portray that subject to your readers. As Murray explains it, the subject of any essay is its message, what the writer is trying to tell his readers, which is why the writer should always focus on it. If the writer deviates from their intended path, the essay or story gets confusing to the reader as both of them lose focus on the central theme and purpose of the writing. If the writer is trying to support a certain claim or idea, it doesn’t make sense when they start writing about a completely different topic. Nonetheless, as Murray makes clear,