I struggle to get the first sentence down. I rewrite the same sentence changing one or two words until it has become something completely different. Sometimes I’ll leave that sentence there and start a new document. A lot has to do with the fact that I feel as though my first draft should be of great quality.
Class discussion and the class textbook, Join the Conversation, have helped me understand the need to just write what comes to mind. Throughout the peer review sessions, I gained an insight into the style of my classmates’ papers and used that to guide my own. Although I received some grammatical pointers on my pieces, which I struggle with, I felt I needed feedback on what I could expand on or take away. In all honesty, revising my first draft has been difficult. Even today, I was ready to submit what I thought was my final product but couldn’t help but feel it lacked depth. I felt as though I had an incomplete piece, but at the same time, I feel as though I am overwriting.
The process of creating a literacy narrative was personal. Depicting all of my experiences in a 6-page essay was not easy. I felt I was missing important moments or was recounting unimportant ones. This specific writing process taught me a lot about myself. I say that with 100 percent honesty. I had yet to come across an assignment that really spoke about who I am. That is also why I feel as though I am not doing it justice.