My Writing Process Experiences

I think one of the most important things that I've learned while taking this class is the improvement of how I word things. I stated at the beginning of this course that I'm not very good at putting words down on paper to reflect what I'm thinking. Well I think with the writing process that I've done (examples of different outlines and prewriting rough drafts), I've learned to grasp a better sense on combining the necessary words and forming the correct sentences.

I think with this semester, I've used more prepositions in descriptions. I think back on what I've written in the past in other classes and I don't think I did a lot of that. I think with using more of the preposition format, I've made my writing more intriguing and has improved my writing skills.

I think I've improved on editing a rough draft and also on my final copies as well. I use to have a major problem of not creating new paragraphs of new subjects. I used to jumble many various things into one area and in which would help me not make any sense and to question where the focus is at. I also think I've been more descriptive in my writing which helps with supporting the topic of the paper and makes the paper more interesting to read. I do think I still need to touch up on not writing too much of one thing though. Like I've mentioned before, sometimes I get carried away with wording and can write too much of unnecessary things down when I let my wording ramble. (like now) I also KNOW I need to improve on the correct MLA work cited format. A bit confusing, but hopefully with more practice, I'll be able to be more knowledgeable with that as well.

I think the strongest paper I wrote was the memorable piece that described the tragic day of my abandonment from my adoptive parents. I've always loved writing short stories and narrative pieces. So naturally, when I first learned about the assignment, I dove in enthusiastically. I put a lot of feelings and emotions into that paper to reflect how it affected me as a child. I had hoped that who ever had read it would be intrigued and affected by what they saw. I think it worked by the reviews I recieved from my peers.

I think the weakest paper I wrote was the evaluation one that picked apart the movie, "Passion of the Christ." Oops me turned the paper in late and therefore, I wasn't satisfied with whipping up the paper at the last minute and felt I could of done a lot better. But I wanted to turn it in in a timely manner and in doing so, tried to make the evaluation as intellegient as possible. Well I learned that I did the horrible habit of writing too much of one subject and not enough of another. That right there shows that I still need to improve on knowing when to describe something and how much I should explain of it. I also struggled with trying to make it an evaluation of the movie to convince the readers of why the movie was great. I thought it would be an easy task but at times, was hard when I noticed that in my rough draft, I would tend to make it a more personally writing piece of what I thought, and not pointing out the stronger points of the movie to support the evaluating thesis.

The one paper that I think I would of redone was research paper on adoption. The more I think about, it the more I agree with the instructor's dislike of the format approach of the who, what, where, when, why, and how. I struggled with how I was going to lay out the research paper at the time, that seemed to be the only solution. I agree that I should of went a different route and I do wish I wouldn't of done that format at all.