I feel like I can relate to the essay. When I am writing a paper I kinda just start writing/typing and putting words on paper and trying to get my points across. I also never think my first draft is good enough, I also feel like I can do more to improve it. I use google docs to write and when I write a paper I also make comments to myself in the margins about how I could do something better in my paper. I am kinda of hard on myself at times, sometimes I write, “is this even English” for some comments when I think something is worded weird or if I think I can write a sentence or paragraph better. I was surprised on how much I related to the essay. I found a lot of what the essay said true and helpful. First drafts shouldn’t be perfect. I didn’t really find anything offense in the essay, I mainly found it funny and true. When I wrote this specific paper for this class, I didn’t know where I wanted to start at first so I just sat at my computer and started typing. As I read over I did a lot of revisions before I felt it was finished and good enough to be a free draft to show to peers. In this class, I feel like I’m learning new ways to approach writing then I did in college, so I’m using new skills and I found it helpful and eventually I felt happy with my work and paper. Overall, I enjoyed reading the short essay.
For my revision plan
- my goal is to expand on my analysis and add more of my experiences and opinions into it.
- I plan to do this be going through my paper and really edit my analysis to add more.
- the biggest challenge I see is putting my own experiences into it more.
- if challenges come up I will use my peers, professor, and the tutoring center for help.
I totally agree with you on the short essay. I liked it as well and found it very helpful. First drafts should have low expectations. They are more completion than quality.
You seem very confident in your revision plan, and it looks solid. Remember you have the little sea gal as a resource as well. Good luck on revisions.