Reflection on Open Letter Draft

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In this blog I will be talking about the revision process in the letter writing. I revised Isaak's and Swati's letters.

I saw how my peers organized their letters and that it was okay to make my paragraphs a little longer than I initially had them. It also gave me a good idea of how to improve upon my transitions. I felt that my own letter was a little bit more formal than Isaak's but I also threw in a bit of informality and humor, things that my peers could relate to.

Did I demonstrate an ability to think about my writing and myself as a writer?

Looking at others' writing helped compare what kind of writing I have been doing. Reading the way others transitioned their ideas make me think about how I can improve my own transitions and format my letter more properly. I figured out that I can use larger paragraphs than I was originally using. It also made me recognize that it would be a good idea to use quotes from some of the blogs I was talking about in my letter. There were also some grammar things that I figured out I needed to fix by reading other letters as well as reading over peer review.

Did I provide analysis of my experiences, writing assignments, or concepts you have learned?

I talked about how certain blogs and tasks in class assisted me in working on my time management, my planning process, and my condensing of my writing. I also talked about how it has shaped my overall thinking not just in my English class but in my other classes. It is also a learning process so my organization will continue to evolve and mold to how I need it to fix my schedule.

Did you provide concrete examples from your own writing (either quotes from your writing or rich descriptions of your writing process)?

I used quotes as well as a description about my new pre planning writing process that has evolved from blog assignments. The quote was from my very first blog post telling about how I was a "Heavy Reviser" and the detailed steps were also what we went over in class and what I experienced in my writing process.

Did you explain why you made certain choices and whether those choices were effective?

I talked about my mind set coming into college with my writing process and how it had to change and these were the biggest changes that I made due to Bottai's planning and assignments.