Reflective on Lit Narrative ~Whoo-hoo!~

To make sure I address all of the points in this assignment, I am going to be all boring and put 1,2,3, an 4. But...add some color. ~oooooh~

1) What was is it like for you to figure out what to write about?
Well it really wasn't that hard. I didn't want to do the metaphoric approach because I would of been all ehh about it, so I decided on writing something about my past. Since it was English class, the only thing that really stuck out was my horrible horrible paper that I nearly failed. Luckily, I kept that paper and just went from there.

2) What it was like for you to revise your work:
A) The ideas from my notebook were very plain, lacked where I was going with it specifically. As time progressed I went more in depth. My first draft were just the bones (and some skin, like me, haha!) and I went back and was like ehhh. My 2nd draft I saw a much bigger improvement, but something I am still not happy about it. My final hopefully (is that what she is calling it?) will be like a Thanksgiving meal with all the turkey, stuffing, green beans, potatoes, pies, and everything else. Will the turkey be 100% cooked? No, but I hope it showed my improvement from my first draft and can still give me somethings to work on.
B) One of the points I tired in revision strategies was to visit one of the paragraphs that wasn't clear to me or my readers, and after looking at it, they were right. (good job guys! :)) I first read the not-so-good paragraph and then revised almost every sentence and added detail and ~flow~ not only to that paragraph, but to the sentences around it to make it a more of easy transition. But that was only one paragraph, if time permits, I can try this strategy on other paragraphs and see where it takes me.

3) Editing my work made me realize that my paper wasn't perfect. Lacy's revision strategies and assignments were really helpful and better than the boring "revision is due by October 23rd" I liked going back into my paper and rereading it was the reader, not the writer. Also changing the beginning and ending statements gives your paper a new feel and a more interesting dive into the paper.

4) I want to say this assignment was a good tool to realize where you did things good and bad. It took a different approach and maybe really think about what you were writing, why you were writing it, and how you were writing it and revising it. It made you realize that your paper is never fantastic the first try, or even when you turn it in, but you can realize and see the change and growth you have made as a writer.