Thursday, December 3, 2015

Revisiting My Writing Process

In this post I will be reflecting upon my past semester in regards to my writing process. I will be referencing two blog posts (1.10 and 1.12) that I wrote in the beginning of the course.

Brain POP. "The Writing process" 05/17/10 via Flickr.
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For my writing process, I think that it has definitely changed for the better. Mostly, I think that I procrastinate less and have been able to turn my "heavy planning" into something more productive, rather than just throwing all my thoughts onto a page as my first draft. For example, I feel that this past project (where we drafted our own piece of public argument) was the best experience I had authoring any sort of assignment. I started the deadline earlier than normal and was able to write a first draft that I was actually proud of a day ahead. From there, while I was working on the deadline I was able to slowly revise my listicle to work out all the details I needed. I actually thought my final draft was polished, which is something very different than how I normally end up feeling. Now, I think that I have the time management skills to spread out my planning and find time to revise my drafts.

For the referenced time management, it also changed for the better, even though it may have been less prominent of a change. I can still be considered a procrastinator, but to less of a degree. At the beginning of the semester, I was not following the plan that I had set out for myself. But, as the course went on, I found that actually following a set plan (revised to how my other coursework turned out to be) was really helpful in completing better assignments in a timely fashion. Now, I can usually finish the whole assigned deadline at least a day early, which leaves time to finish revising the project itself. 

Overall, I think that the way that this course was structured helped me to figure out a plan for my future classes, even if they are not on the subject of English. As I continue progressing in my college career, I think that I will end up finding the balance of the writing process that works for me and end up becoming successful in writing an assignment without being rushed and/or stressed out.

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