Week 1 (Past Paper)

My last paper that I wrote was probably my favorite.I spent the most time on it. Before I wrote it I did a little bit of brainstorming about what I was going to actually focus on in my paper. I did this by making an old fashioned web chart. Then I wrote up my outline. That was the worse part about it. I hate writing outlines. I didn't have any music or noise in the background though, it was complete silence. If I have music in the background I tend to listen to it instead of writing. By the time I finished the paper I had written three different drafts, including the final copy. The paper was basically a persuasive type of paper. We were given the option of picking our own topic to write on. Editing to me is more along the lines of grammar, checking the spelling of words, and rules suck as that. It also helps to do peer editing because then you have a different set of eyes looking at your paper. Revising is maybe more of switching the wording in a paragraph or using a completely different set of information in part of the paper. Revising can also be changing around a sentence to make it easier to understand.