- What was your final thesis statement? Paste, then analyze its strengths & weaknesses
- “Although social media has a reputation for lessening the meaning of in person relationships, it creates connections that are so important they will change one’s life” was my final thesis statement. I actually felt very confident in my thesis statement and really liked the way I set it up. I believe that it was straight to the point and very clearly set up my arguments that come later in the paper. As far as weaknesses go, I would say that I didn’t really feel as though it said enough about what I was going to write about. If I were to include everything that I was going to say, the thesis would be far too long, so I think it was the best it could be at this point in my writing.
- Describe what you learned or were reminded of about your own writing process, from completing Paper #1.
- I was reminded of the fact that I have to simply sit down and write the essay without thinking about any of the fundamentals first. I have to get all of my thoughts out on the paper before I can go back and revise or smooth out the edges. I tried to do this essay in more of a thought out fashion and I felt like this led to me losing my flow within my sentences.
- Which aspect of revision did you focus on most during your revisions? What changes or adjustments made your essay stronger? Be specific.
- I focused on trying to make some of my sentences less wordy and confusing. There were quite a few sentences in my rough draft that were so long winded that they didn’t make sense. This also caused them to make it so that my writing started to drift from my argument at certain points. Being able to condense those sentences and refocus them, allowed me to strengthen my points and make my thoughts more coherent and specific.
- How might you approach Paper #2 differently, from pre-reading and annotating, all the way through completion of your final draft?
- For Paper #2, I am going to read the readings more than once. I am going to read them the first time I have not read the prompt, and then read them again after I know what the prompt is. I will annotate both times so I have my initial reactions to the piece of writing, and the focused thought about what I want to write about later. When I sit down to actually write the paper, I am not going to overthink it, I am simply going to write all of my thoughts out first before I go back and revise it later, as an attempt to keep the flow of my writing consistent.
