The first draft for the paper was really hard for me. I couldn’t think of a thesis so basically I just started writing about the stories, summarizing them. Personally I think it’s going to take a while for me to get better at the writing process and be able to formulate a decent paper.  Even after this draft I feel like writing the final copy is going to take forever.

The rough draft process was extremely helpful. The most helpful part about it to me was the peer editing process. Through the peer editing process I was able to realize the faults in my essay and see the essays of my of peers, which laid out a format of what my essay should model. Not to forget that without the rough draft process I would have wrote an essay on the wrong essay topic.

After I had seen the essays’ of my peers the revision process became a lot easier to me because I had more of an Idea of what I should prove in my essay as well as what techniques i should use to prove it. As a result of choosing the wrong essay topic, my revision process was a rewrite of my essay. Choosing the thesis, quotes and examples to my rewritten essay was simple for me, where I struggled was incorporating the right amount of anaylsis needed to prove my points. I also had a difficult time with the conclusion process. In my last rewrite I did not write a conclusion but I plan on writing the conclusion once the body of my essay is completely edited, in order to write a correct and relevant conclusion.

Have starting my revision process of my rewritten essay and meeting with Professor Kaufman, I’m excited to work on the parts of my essay that need improvement. After the tips that my peers and Professor Kaufman have given me I know what I need to fix and add in order to prove my thesis and write a fully developed essay.

After reading Rebecca Browns “Forgiveness” I wasn’t sure how to approach my paper. I was very uncertain and honestly took a shot in the dark. Thankfully though, thanks to some guidance from Kimberlyn and James as well as Professor Kaufman, I feel like I’m close to an actually decent paper.

It’s still not perfect and I have some more work to do on it prior to submitting it, but I at least feel like I have a direction to go with it. I’m actually now looking forward to finish up this assignment and seeing what my final paper will look like.

After i read “The Birthmark” I didnt really know how to start the case study. After sitting in front of my laptop I just started typing and the ideas started flowing. The ideas, however, were very sporatic and very general. I also had trouble formatting the case study in an organized way because of this. In the end I left the draft as is on the first run through so I could change it based on criticism.

Knowing what i know now about my draft I need to focus my ideas and write a stronger thesis. I also need to pay more attention to grammar and organization, neither of which have ever been my strengths.

This first essay was very complex at least for me. Writing it became an issue because everytime I did I had to delete it and start over. It got annoying after a while. However, after I changed the topic I was going to write about it went about smoother. To be honest I have read my paper a few times and I know it is not perfect but I do not know how to revise it. It could use some tweaking but I’m scared that if I start tweaking I might mess it up or change the topic completely. I am struggling with coming into terms with my thesis. I don’t know if it’s strong or not. If it connects with my points.

I am excited to get this paper done, to see the “masterpiece” complete. I am excited to recieve positive criticism on how to make my paper better from those that know better. And I’m excted to see the grade; see if I wrote a good one or not. Hopefully people see my pooint of view through my points of arguments 🙂

my reaction to my paper

From the start, i was extremely confused about what we had to write about. First I was told that we had to make up our own case study and input our own commentary, so I went by that format, but when I came to class, I saw that others had just done a research analysis paper on a story they picked, whether it was “Forgiveness” or “A Letter to An Academy”

But if I were to put that confusion aside, I would still end up lost because writing papers is NOT my forte. I am not good at writing out my thesis (heck I’m not sure if i could even think of one!) and using the context as support. I am VERY VERYYY thankful that we had the peer-sharing thing the other day because if it weren’t for my fellow classmates, I don’t think I would know where to start on revising and how I should fix it

When writing my draft, I didn’t even know where to start. I changed my thesis statement about three times. When I finally decided on my thesis, I had no idea where to go with my thesis. I tried to pick a thesis that was somewhat relevant but I don’t think it had to do with bioethics. I tried to pick one that I could write about for three pages.
While I was writing my draft, I just wanted to get through it. I wanted to get to the page requirement. That’s all I wanted. Then when I finished and looked over what I wrote, I realized that my essay had nothing to do with my thesis. So I had to tweak my thesis to fit my essay. Then I realized that my essay was mostly summary, which was frowned upon. I didn’t want to fix it. I left it as it was and just let it stand on its own. I thought it was actually awful.
I need help focusing my thoughts. My essay seemed to wander and by the end it wasn’t what I was trying to prove and write about. This frustrated me. I had no idea how I got there. I find writing very difficult. I find ranting very easy.

Though “Forgiveness” by Rebecca Brown was an attention catching short story that triggered a million thoughts in my head, conveying those thoughts on a piece of paper in a certain form of a case study was just as hard. As i mentioned in my cover letter, i tend to just ramble on with the various thoughts and ideas in my head that may make sense to me, but may lack sense and flow to another person; so this would definetely be something that would need extra attention and revision.

If i could think of something that i’m excited about in regards to this paper, i would come up with nothing. But if i could think harder, i would say that i am excited about how clear, thorough and not boring readers could possibly find my essay after all the revision and improvements to be made. This will also be my first essay assignment in college for me so i am also excited/anxious about my first essay grade(which fingers crossed hopefully won’t be soooo bad, since Ms. K mentioned earlier about her strict grading policies).