Part 2: Assessment 1.0

The type of writing I currently do is just for my college classes, academic. I used to do outside personal writing where I would just write my thoughts out but I have stopped now.

            My writing means a lot to me because I am not the best writer, when I get a good grade on a piece of work I take pride in it. If I don’t do as well as I had hoped I go in and talk to my teacher on how I can improve for the next paper I write. Each paper means something to me, but sometimes I just write it fast and seem careless.

            As far as drafting, I write down most of my thoughts before starting a paper because it is hard for me to organize my thoughts as I am writing. As I am writing I think of more thoughts I could have added earlier in the paper or that I could add later but it is not time to add it yet. Drafting is the most difficult for me because I don’t know exactly how to start papers but once I start it the thoughts start to come along with what I have drafted down on the paper. As for revising my paper, I like to read over my paper a few times after writing it. This helps me realize if I typed something wrong or wrote down the wrong idea. I don’t like showing other people my work, but sometimes I have people read it just to make sure I kept my ideas together.

            Some strengths I have when writing is that I explain myself and can support my thoughts very well. If I come up with an idea I know how to back it up and show detail in my papers. A teacher has told me that I can support my ideas very well with research and explanation.

            I have some critical weaknesses though when writing papers, for example, it is hard for me to organize my ideas properly. Even though I can support my thoughts they kind of run all over the paper sometimes. I have been told to put more organization into my papers. Also I am not good with punctuation; sometimes I add a coma in the wrong place or don’t add a coma when needed.

            What I want to work on this semester is organization, and placement of punctuation. I believe organization can make or break a paper and in the past it has broken some of my papers, and same goes with punctuation.