I revised Project Two, the blog post, because it was by
far my favorite of the three projects. I
revised my annotated bibliography, because I felt that my descriptions of the
sources were not relevant to my topic the way I put them. After revision I made my sources more clear
on the authors stance on the topic as well as why I chose that specific article
for my own blog. I noticed after reading
my blogs that I felt that it was more informational rather than arguing on a
topic. I really focused on making my
points completely clear and why it was relevant to my topic on mainstream
music. All the information was there but
I found that it was confusing exactly why I was bringing up these points, because
it felt like my ideas were just dropping off because I was not clear on why
these topics were relevant. I had to
keep asking myself “SO WHAT?” in order to do so.
The most important thing I learned in English 1200 was
how to speak my voice through papers without using “I” and to me that seemed
effective when I was arguing issues.
Before this class I realized how my arguments make sense but I felt that
I was just spitting out information that someone else has already said, or that
I was regurgitating information in a paper format. Allowing for my voice show through without
using “I” has really opened my eyes and has made it easier to get what I have
in my head on paper. This is the most
crucial tool in writing in my opinion. I
also learned how to revise better and more effectively. In the beginning of the semester all I did to
revise was just to fix the things that I was told to when I revised. After this class I learned a more effective
way to revise, by taking the comments and really digging in to what the
comments said and it really changed my paper and the way I thought about what I
wrote.
