Going through writing this essay
and reading Writing Analytically helped me a lot. I feel the book taught us
some really cool ways of thinking of ideas and putting thoughts to paper. The
part for me that was most helpful was always reminding myself while writing the
essay about the “so what” question. My biggest weakness in writing is not
staying focused and on task but through thinking about the question “ so what”
I really feel it kept me organized and focused. Different drafts helped me a
lot because in all of those drafts I was able to change the mistakes and
weaknesses of my essay, only making it stronger throughout the process.
Had we not
used the blog posts or mandatory essay drafts I wouldn’t have started the essay
until probably one-two days before it was due which would have given me a much
weaker essay overall. Just by doing the little things such as making a draft
and coming up with different ways to get your thoughts down I feel as if my
essay writing has improved drastically. The flow of my essay has improved
through every draft and right now I feel pretty happy about the essay. The
method actually helped me a lot because it gave me a more formatted way of
thinking which for me was better to organize all my thoughts.
Overall though
the book “writing Analytically”, “So What”, and “the Method” have helped
improve my essay drastically and I will further use these processes in writing
future essays as well as doing other types of analysis work. These styles fit
me and I’m looking forward to using them for upcoming assignments.
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