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Blog #6 Strategy

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

2 Comments

  1. tcasey

    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!

  2. elishaemerson

    You seem to have a great grasp on how to prioritize your revision choices. Please reach out if you need anything!

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