Important revisions

As I continue to research my draft, I find more and more interesting information that pulls the reader in. Based on class review and peer review, I continue to focus more on explanations of my research that paints a picture and explains, rather then sheer facts and statistics. In this draft and future works, I am going to continue to play with the creative approach I have been following.

First draft struggles

More often then not, I have a lot more difficulty starting a draft then writing it. It's hard for me to narrow my topic enough to meet standards, leaving me with several quality topics that I must choose between. In fact, I spend probably double the amount of time thinking about where to start and what to use then I do actually writing the draft. In the future, I will do my best to attempt to just get working and write my draft, even if it's wrong. I need to remember that the first draft isn't the end-all, final product, and should not be treated as such. After all, if we were expected to have perfection on our first draft, we wouldn't have peer editing and revising, would we?

Research processes

When I research topics for an assignment or paper, I tend to get pretty stressed out and nitpicky. I worry about how credible my sources are, what topic to settle on, what i think is expected of me. When I research for my own personal desire to learn, it's a lot less stressful. I tend to look for overviews, seek other's opinions and updates on the subject, and look for interesting infromation on the topic. Although the former is more stressful and time consuming, I feel that it's much more effective, as my focus is for a grade in a class. When everything is said and done, between the two methods, researching for an assignment leaves me with way more information and understanding on a topic.

Argument paper reflection

This paper was an very informative learning experience. I discovered that I can be very influential and professional with my tone, based on my peer review comments. This makes me more confident in my works. On the other hand, I discovered that I am a poor writer of letters when starting out, because choosing an audience was an ordeal for me. Several options sounded good, and I couldn't decide what to go with. After I picked my audience, however, it all fell into place. This shows me that in future essays and writings, I need to be more certain of myself and just pick a topic, even if I have to flip a coin to do so.