The assignment that was probably the most useful for me throughout this course was the lit review blogs we had to do. It was probably the most work I did with my sources, and forced me to read them in-depth and actually understand every little bit of information about them. It was also probably the most amount of paraphrasing practice and citing practice we had to do, especially when we had to paraphrase every paragraph in two journals, no matter the length. It also gave me a chance to decide what sources I needed, as well as the amount of information I needed to explain, because I could go on for quite a while about my topic.
The most helpful feedback I had was the peer reviews. It gave me a sense of what other, average people thought of my paper, which is the type of people that would/will read my paper if it gets published. It helped me know what other people thought about my word choice, ideas, and general quality of the paper. Holes were found and unanswered questions were able to be filled.
The most difficult part of my paper was definitely the results/discussion portion. Throughout my research on those two topics, most papers use statistics, tables, and other information that I did not have. My results were purely informational so it was hard for me to translate that information onto paper without simply saying, “he did this, she said that, he thought this.” The writing center helped me out by showing me how to write the results. The easiest part of the draft was the lit review, I had a good idea of what I wanted to talk about since I picked this topic. It was surprisingly easy to get into contact with the creator of the power of three, Tom Fulp, which was quite fortunate.
My final essay doesn’t really show my best writing in any one spot. It’s scattered throughout the paper. That being said, the place that best shows my opinion on my topic is in the discussion section, because the previous sections of the paper are basically just explaining information in such an order that puts my expression of my topic on paper.
