Analysis of eng paper for technology writings... mine is on how overuse of texting (or using that as your only form of communication) is harmful to college student's relationships. Just got my paper back... and oy.
I'll say this before I go further: I'm glad for the chance to make my writing better. I'm always up for not sounding like a moron, and criticism is a good way to not sound like one. But... meh, I guess I'm frustrated because I felt it had gone so well. Murphy's law... doesn't that just bite it. I'm worried now too because I just turned in my revised draft of the first paper, and though my arguments were better and more focused than the first paper, the actual writing was just not coming to me. I feel like I mangled it and it wasn't coming out the way I wanted. Meh.
Things I need to do with my writing in the future:
*Condense. I'm too much of a wordy creative writer and I need to learn how to be succinct. (I should know this after reading tomes and tomes of college junk... people like you to get to the point, because they don't want to spend all day on you.)
*Don't be repetitive. I think at this point she'd forgive me if I wrote a shorter paper. (Maybe that's what it is... teachers have always been grouchy about page length, so maybe I've gotten into the habit of adding fluff everywhere...)
*Apparently I'm trying to address too many things. This still confuses me, because I thought I had narrowed it down quite a bit, and down to a very specific audience.
*Make sure arguments don't wander. I have trouble with this too, because where do you draw the line between addressing your opponents' arguments, not analyzing enough, and yakking too much? I had thought all my arguments were okay too.
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