Learning Outcome #1
I often did not change much from my first few drafts versus my final draft, but I did in this one. One of the major changes was obviously just fixing things grammatically and just rewording things that sounded out of place, the basic types of revision you can expect. One thing that did change though was that I added an additional quote in my essay to help connect my two authors together in the form of a conversation. I found it difficult at first to do this as I knew how to connect the two authors together, but I did not know how to work both their pieces in the form of a conversation. I luckily went to our class’s writing assistant, Anjana, to seek additional help, and she was able to help me figure out how to merge the two authors together to sound like a conversation piece. This was very different from my past writing experiences, as I do not typically make many changes in my writings unless I feel it is truly beneficial to my essays. Rarely do I meet with someone to ask for additional help also, unless I am immensely struggling. Where a point was being offered up if I went to meet with Anjana, I was going to meet with her regardless, as I thought it would really help improve my essay, as well as the fact that I was struggling to make the conversation piece connection in my essay. I feel this helps to show that additional help can be beneficial–where I never doubted in the first place, it helps to show that I do not have to worry about other peoples opinions on my essay, as they are made to help build me up, not tear me down.