REFLECTION...

Part 1
In my first piece of writing it was a memoir. We had to tell a story that stuck out in our minds or that was significant to us. In this selection of writing I was trying to tell my readers just exactly how much fun state meet was. I was expresses my love for my team and for my sport. In the Scarlet Letter essay, I was trying to show how in today's society there is a certain person that we always blame everything on. The last and final piece that I have written was the Crucible essay where i was comparing Abigail to a potato chip. During the course of writing these pieces I have learned not to tell, but show the reader what i want them to see. During these pieces i have learned that, you should look at something more then once. First to see what is on the inside but then to see what it really stands for. Like with my Crucible essay it took me a long time to figure out what Abby could be compared to. In today's world people have a tendency to judged before they really get a chance to know.
More along the writing stand point, i have learned that when you use big words, it confuses people. It also makes you sounds like you know what you are talking about even if you really don't. I have learned that when you use metaphors and fancy language it makes your piece more fun to read, and makes it more appealing to the audience. I have realized that in a lot of my papers i put stuff that refers to something only i or only a few other people would know about. In my writing i need to make it more open to everyone so that everyone can understand what i am talking about.
In class i have learned that when you use more descriptions it makes you piece fuller. It allows the reader to get a better idea of what you are talking about. Also I was taught that when you start a paper off in past tense it needs to stay in past tense for the entire time you are writing. The last and final thing i have learned is to use brushstrokes. These jazz up your writing. At the beginning it felt really stupid because it was out of the original and i did not know what i was doing. I still don't completely understand but i use them in my writing when it seems appropriate.

Part 2
The first revision i did was actually going back and completing my Crucible Essay. On my first writing where I told about the state meet, I had to go back and fix alot. Brooke edited my paper and so i had quite a few corrections to make! I had to show my audience what i was talking about and not just tell them. Only Brooke would understand what i was talking about so i had to go back a changed all the parts that only that certain group of people would understand. I went back and made it more appealing to the people that had no idea what swimming is REALLY about. Then on my nature essay i had alot of comma errors that I tried to go back and fix, but I don't think I got them all. Also on that paper I had to go back and continue to explain my quotes by Emerson and Thoreau.

Part 3
While I was reading my classmate's papers i realized that, THEY CAN WRITE. The people that I thought had no poetic inspiration once so every really surprised me. I really want to remember how to use commas directly. I have realized now that when the commas are in the wrong place it really bothers me. So now I am going to try to use them correctly from now on. I also want to remember how to use big words that beef up my writing instead of just the little one. My story sounded like elementary school. Now they sound like an honor student. The last and final thing is the ability to connect with the topic. If you don't know what you are talking about then you can't write a paper. Also if you don't connect with the topic you can't put emotion into your writing and it's just BLAH. Writing can be fun, when you know what you are talking about. If you don't know about your topic, pick a new one!