Writing Reflection

Please answer both of the following with substantial, thorough, thoughtful, well-revised, multi-paragraph pieces of writing that feature direct evidence, specific examples, and a high degree of honest self-reflection.

• Explain one or more specific aspects of your writing that have improved this year. In this explanation, you must directly refer to at least two specific pieces of writing that you produced for this class. You may use any assignment, project, writing sample, draft, blog entry, etc. You should discuss the writing tips & strategies we studied, the processes & methods we used, the critiques & drafts we employed and the products we created (feel free to use these specific key terms to keep your reflection focused).

Putting my own view into the story. In the 1st and last paragraph i put a little thing about how i just traded my shift away for work so i was able to connect with the reader a little bit. Because of this i was able to connect with the reader more and show my side of the story. Like in the WW2 letters near the end i used honey a lot to represent love. It might now flow with the letter as well and not look like it was back form WW2 but i put my own like view into the letter.

• Describe one specific goal for your future writing. Your explanation of your goal(s) must include some or all of the following: writing samples from this year, writing strategies you have used in the past, writing strategies or techniques you would like to develop, examples from authors you respect, etc.

One goal that i have for my future writing is structure. I struggle with making sure that all my paragraphs make sense when it is in one piece. for example in my final draft of ampersand my 4th paragraph has to do with history. I think it was too deep into the story and was kind of out of place. Also the structure of my information kind of bounces around. I will use concerts not pancakes to help me with this so that the story will be interesting while being laid out correctly.