The Writing Process

I believe that most of the benefit I received from this assignment has been an improvement in my writing process. I used to get the best results from just getting what I instinctively wanted to say out on paper. At best, I would have a simple outline or some brainstorming. I would also never rewrite my whole paper from scratch. This time, however, I made smaller pieces, shared them with others, and then kept their feedback and my original in mind as I started over. I now have more faith in the system of multiple drafts, more courage to share my writing with others as it progresses, and I feel like I am better able to judge between changes that I really should make, and things that I would rather not change. I also focus more on the reader now. I pay attention to what my real point is, and how that comes across to the reader as being a major component of my argument.