1. This semester I have learned how to organize my time and how to plan out my writing. I have also learned to do multiple drafts which has really helped me to develop more in depth papers.
2. Mainly for the other courses I take I will try to implement everything that we have talked about for the writing process and the use of rhetorical strategies. Even though this does not have a lot to do with writing, I plan on using the skills we learned in the library to help me with any research that I may have to do in my other classes. Recently I had to find sources about Yellow Journalism for history and it took me about two seconds to find sources because I knew exactly what to do and where to look for everything.
3. From this course there are a lot of technical definitions and skills that I may not remember ten years from now; however, I am sure that I will remember that I learned it’s ok to procrastinate every once in a while. Before taking this course I believed that procrastination was a “bad thing” but after doing readings for class and talking in discussion I have come to realize that it is a part of the writing process that even the most tenured and professional writers cannot avoid entirely.
4. I still have the same bad habit of waiting too long to start a paper and getting distracted once I have started; despite that, I can say that when I walk away from this course I will be able to say that I have grown as a writer. Even though I still procrastinate I find myself thinking about my paper more frequently than I did before. I believe that I do more planning when writing a paper than I have done in the past. Also, before taking this course I use to use the word “however” a lot and only became aware of this recently. Since it had been brought to my attention I have tried to limit my use of the word and instead pick other transition words that help my paper to flow. This may be a small change; but, I think it will help my papers to be more interesting and enjoyable to read.
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Glad to see you have found some ways to manage time better and limit procrastination, which I've also done by just planning out my course work better so I can get it done and be less stressed. However, this system only seems to work well when I have a lot of work to do, which means if I only have a little amount of work, like just a paper, I tend to procrastinate even more. But at least I'm starting to change my ways.
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