13.5 Reflecting on My Writing Experiences

Your assumptions and ideas about writing before taking your first-year writing courses and how these assumptions were reinforced or challenged.

-After working on my projects this semester, I think that my previous assumptions were reinforced. Previous classes had taught me how to write in a certain way and helped me construct my thesis's properly. 

The most important lessons you have learned as both a reader and a writer as a result of taking your first-year writing courses.

-I learned a lot during my courses, from proper paper structure to identifying my purpose and audience. 

The ways you generated ideas, narrowed down topics, and worked on thesis statements. 

-I think that the way my ideas flowed and the strength of my thesis statements improved greatly. Throughout the course I think that my thesis strength has helped my writing process.

The peer review process, including feedback you offered and feedback you received.

-In my last project, I thought that my project would be interesting for other people to distribute feedback because it was not a paper. I hope that the feedback that I gave to others throughout the semester hopefully helped out my fellow students.

Individual or group conference with your instructor. 

-Did not use.

The discussion you had about your paper with people who were not in your class. 

-With my latest project, I had some people review my animated presentation. This helped me see errors that I had previously missed. Also, having people view my project that did not know the details of the rubric helped adjust my audience and material that I needed to add. 

How you approached the revision process for each easy. 

-As I stated in my first blog post, I am a heavy reviser so the revision process was very important to me in order for my projects to be straightened and not off topic. 

Your understanding or reading and writing in different genres. 

-In this course, I have written multiple genres, some of which I have never written before. I am satisfied with my work and my ability to learn about what is necessary to have successful projects.

What you would do differently if you were to take your first-year writing courses again.

-I would not do much differently if I were to retake my first-year writing courses. I am satisfied with the work and effort I have put into these courses. 

How college writing fits into your like now and how it will fit into your major and future career. 

-I think that writing will have an impact on my career in the future because I will probably be having to write many reports about different topics. The ability to display a topic quickly and briefly catch a person up on said topic will be an important aspect of my job.

Steven