Blog Post #13

To write my dirty draft, I sat down in my room after having completed all other work or things that might bug me or be on my mind during writing so that I did not get distracted or fins a reason to stop writing or “take a break.” I had my friend help me brainstorm some points i want to talk on and some counterarguments that an outside perspective could have. After that, I focused on writing and getting all of my very own words down there on paper. My dirty draft ended up being very short but I was pleased with the work that I did because it was all my thought. I feel like doing that and getting all my feelings, points, and arguments down on paper helped balance out my essay between what was mine and what I found online. Also, it really helped put everything in order and made my essay flow because I started out having good transitions that I could build off of. Doing this was definitely a change for me. I didn’t realize how beneficial knowing what I personally wanted to say and writing that down was. But now I will definitely use that in the future. To revise my essay I printed off an extra copy of my second draft and collected reviews from peers and Jill. On that extra draft I wrote all the helpful comments I received onto one paper so I could later just go in my essay and revise without having to jump around, get confused, or get distracted. From helping in peer review I learned that there are a LOT of different writing styles and from an outside point of view, what an author is trying to say can be very confusing which helps me know that when I write, I need to be aware of that as well.