Taking stock of your writing

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

The main point of my narrative was that I used to really enjoy writing as a way to express myself and talk about my favorite things. I would get good grades on my writing assignments and my family enjoyed reading what I had written. However, once I got into middle school I struggled with certain writing concepts that ended up dragging me down. I began to get less than desirable grades on my essays and developed a distaste for writing. Now I have to work harder to understand how my teachers want me to piece my thoughts together and improve my grades.

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 is My professor and the other students that follow my blog. I assume that they know the writing assignment and understand why I have chosen to write about my topic. I had to keep in mind that this is a formal paper and even though my audience my contain a few students, I have to write properly instead of how I would normally write a letter to a friend.

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?

I got positive feedback as well as constructive criticism from my table partner, helping me with grammar and piecing certain concepts together. This is the only input I have received so far, but I will continue to receive input and from peers.

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

It was interesting looking back on my thoughts from middle school and elementary school and how my love of writing significantly changed. I realized that I only liked writing when I was younger because I was good at it and I could write about things I thoroughly enjoy as opposed to the assignments I have now. 

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?)

I think my papers strengths are that it gets my point across and makes sense to the reader. I think I also included good detail about what I was thinking and feeling at the time. I am a bit unsure of how to expand and include further details because I feel that if I add anything more it will be distracting to the main point, but I will try to add more details that are relevant to the story because need more words to fill the requirement.