BLOG #2
As a writer, I have learned that I can come up with a not so horrible essay it just takes time and I need to be patient. I generally write lengthy sentences because I always have so much I want to include and talk about. I wasn’t aware that I am allowed to directly write the rhetorical terms in my essay, like ethos and exigence. I usually write what those things are, addressing and describing the words but I indirectly stated the terms. I now understand that based on the audience I can use the terms; for the first essay the audience was my classmates and they understand the meaning of the words that way I can state them.
Before writing this essay I never really thought about the communities I was involved in and how much they make up my life. When asked to actually pick a community I’m interested in and are a part of, I drew a complete blank, I couldn’t think of a single one. I have a habit of over thinking everything and anything. I have now come to terms that overthinking the prompt is just a part of my writing process. For my writing process, I have also discovered that when it comes to the editing part, I need to edit some of the essay then put it away and on another day revisit it. With revisiting the essay on a different day, I can look at it with a clear mind and find errors I overlooked previously.
For the peer reviews, I was kind of nervous at first because I didn’t really know what to expect- was my writing going to be very bad compared to my peers or was there going to be a million errors that I overlooked. In high school I didn’t do very much peer reviewing and when I did, I didn’t have the best time; most of the time my peers in high school just didn’t take it seriously so I never got anything out of it. But in class, especially the last peer review, I was able to receive lots of helpful tips. I received ideas about the structure of my essay and that helped me rearrange my essay, so it was more coherent and logically laid out and I got tips on adding other terms I didn’t have. Overall, my essay was helped, and my confidence was raised with the help of my peers- something I’m very thankful for.
Now, going into this next essay I’m still a little nervous. I think I can write it and it all work out; I just need to get more used to my process. I obviously have already over thought the prompt and don’t know what I should write about but once it gets going, I know it shouldn’t be as hard as I think it will be. I also know that with the help of my peers it should turn out just right.
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