Taking Stock of Your Writing

1.      What was your main point (thesis)?  “The Moral of the Story”?

The main point of my paper was to express that literature can help us solve emotional problems and is a good way of communicating true emotions.

 

2.      Who was your audience?  What did you assume about them?  What “audience needs” did you have to consider in writing the paper?  How did you tailor your writing to them?

My audience was Professor Begert. Since I have only know her for a month or so, I assumed that she did not know my religious convictions or family situation. Responding to her need for background information about my life, I explained what New Beginnings is, about my family dynamics, and explained about my emotional problems at the time of the event. I made sure that I had good sensory details to convey the right emotions and used a more extensive vocabulary to fit her superior status as a teacher.

3.      What feedback or reactions did you get at various times while composing this paper, and how was this helpful?  What other kinds of input or support did you get from classmates, teacher, tutors, others?  Were you able to make use of it?  How, or why not?

In composing the paper I had a couple people critique it and they found that it had had spelling errors and a problem with redundant word choices. This allowed me to fix these mistake to improve my paper. I found supports in my textbook, telling me what to focus on in my narrative. One of my peers also annotated my paper. Both of these helped me realize where I was lacking in my paper and what was expected in the final draft.

 

4.      What did you find interesting about the process you went through in writing this paper, and what did you learn from it?

The process I went through in this paper was different than a lot of other assignments I have done. I had to do it over a more extended period of time and couldn’t rely on my own insights to do it. In this I learned that a lot of our best work takes time and other people’s opinions to be good.

 

5.      What questions do you have for me about the paper?  (What part(s) of the paper would you like me to focus on?  What do you see as the paper’s strengths, and what areas are you unsure of?)

The only question that really stick out in my mind about the paper is if it is formal enough. It was on a very sensitive topic so it was difficult do make it formal. I do think that I had strong descriptions and would like you to focus on that. I was a little unsure of the quotes punctuation though.