One of the things I’ve gotten a lot better at doing over this term has been the revision process. Honestly speaking, when I entered this class I had no clue where to start and what to look for. I didn’t know how I really wanted my final pieces to sound, and I didn’t know what exactly needed to be fixed. Sure, I was good at detecting smaller errors and grammar mistakes, but overall and going more in depth with it, I wasn’t sure what to do or what revision strategies to approach it with. However, after being in the class for quite some time now, and having these many different exposures to writing and revision (through our essays), it has become much easier. I take comments from my peers and my professor more seriously than before, and I dive deep into my paragraphs to fix the mistakes that have been brought to my attention. One of my biggest struggles was always having a lot to say. I would always end up with these long paragraphs that were formatted weird. They would contain a handful of run-on sentences and would take forever it seemed, to just get to the point. But now, when I approach a writing assignment, or when I get my comments back from the review process, I listen carefully to feedback. I take into careful consideration what’s to me along with previous advice from other assignments. This is definitely one of the biggest progression areas for me personally over the course of the semester.
