Choice

For my choice project, I chose to revise. As I mentioned in my “Hits and Misses” post, my three biggest assignments were my three worst “misses.”  I decided to revise the project I had the lowest grade on, my literary analysis of Lord of the Flies. I felt like if I could bring my worst work up to excellent work, then I would know I closed some of the gaps I have been working to close.

As I mentioned in my “Self-Portrait as a Writer,” I had to figure out my own writing method.  Then I had to work on some of the weaknesses that I mentioned in “My Writing Goals and Action Plan” and other posts.  Specifically, I needed to focus on making claims, the standards I picked for Purple Hibiscus, my fluency, and organization.

I think I did really well on smoothing it out. The original was very choppy with the same topic occurring at different points throughout the paper. I tried to join the topics into a smoother flow. I also had to eliminate a lot of personal pronouns and correct some punctuation issues. I needed to make it more sophisticated and less informal and chatty.

I am pleased with how it went. I was a little embarrassed to see what I turned in the first time. I think is is a much more mature paper now. Going forward, I will remember those errors so I don't make them again.

UPDATE: I went to post it and couldn’t find it. -Only a “shortcut” link. So I had to redo it, but luckily I remembered what I did and why and it did not take nearly as long the second time. However, in responding to “how do I think it went”: it did not go quite as well as I thought because I did not save it properly. However, I learned yet another good writing lesson.