- My overarching goal for revising my essay would be to better organize it. I am currently missing Singer’s theory from my rough draft and need to decide where I will place it. I also am aware of a few local mistakes in my paper in addition to my global ones.
- I would absolutely prioritize making an outline or way of keeping my thoughts in order, ensuring that I won’t ramble off. I also have an issue with time management from time to time, however I feel as though I am much better at this than I have been previously. I am able to complete tasks to completion and more informed that last year.
- My biggest challenge, so far, is being able to keep my thoughts together. I tend to over complicate sentences and make them confusing. That was one major point in my reviewed paper. I completely understood, as I myself get confused at my writing. I believe that I over complicate things more when I’m not too sure of the direction that I’m writing in. This is why, I believe, that if I organize myself better, I will ultimately write fuller as well.
- I will definitely go to SASC for assistance, after seeking help through my Little Seagull book as well. I believe these blogs help learning too. It makes me think about writing in a different context. It makes me feel that I’m writing just to write and find different ways to write, rather than writing to answer a prompt. This is another flaw I see in my writing. I get bored sometimes and lose interest in writing, which also leads to my text confusion. I believe that I am slowly but surely figuring out my own style an hopefully will gain more confidence in my own writing techniques.
Keeping my essay focused and avoiding getting bored with writing is something that I struggle with too. It’s hard to really get into it, what I do is listen to music and block out any other distractions and if I get in the “Zone” I just do not stop writing. Another good resource that I use is to “Word vomit” everything you’re thinking regarding a prompt onto a piece of paper then to slowly build off of that. Narrow down your main focuses, put in your experiences and so on and so forth. However I know that just because it works for doesn’t mean it will work for you. Best of luck!
You seem to have a great grasp on how to prioritize your revision choices. Please reach out if you need anything!