This week our WP1 was due so throughout the week I dedicated my time on working on the final draft. First, i took Zack’s advice and took many breaks in between which was very relaxing and had a fresh mind after e. After reading some of my peer’s writing and revising the prompt questions I realized my first draft was awfully terrible. I wasn't following the prompt and so I rewrote pretty much the whole essay. In my second essay I decided to focus more on the thesis and having a better balance of quotations from our readings, source quotes, and analysis. Turned out knowing what exactly I am arguing (a clear thesis) and including a few more quotes from the reading really made my essay more effective. As great as it would sound to say that I learned to do this on my own the reverse outline was an amazing exercise and I will definitely continue to use it in the future. The reverse outline really allowed me to visually see what was the meat of my essay and what I lacked on. Another writing tip that has heavily helped me is that there is nothing wrong with being direct and getting to the point which is a lot different from the old ways of writing I was accustomed to where I would go on for sentences trying to get to my point.
Overall, I’m excited for the progress I have made and really enjoyed working on the WP1.
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