My writing process for Essay #1 went smoothly. I tried something that I hadn’t done before — I wrote a “shitty rough draft” before going back and editing it myself. I think that it helped me to get everything down before I went back and edited it to make it a proper and readable rough draft. I think for Essay #2 I will follow the same process as it worked out well. It also helps with a time crunch to separate the writing and editing into different days. Peer review also helped a lot. I think that reading over other people’s papers helped me realize what I needed to look for in mine. I also think that the feedback I got was very helpful. I think that I grew a lot with this essay. The new process I tried was efficient and I will be doing it from now on. With this essay, I learned to take my time and that my rough draft doesn’t have to be immediately perfect. I learned that it’s okay to edit your work so many times and that even when you think you’re done editing, you find more things to perfect. Overall, I think that with this essay I really grew into a writer/thinker who plans and thinks things through.
3 Things I’m Grateful For:
- Getting to see my family last weekend
- Being finished with this essay
- The new good writing habits I’ve learned