Reflection...

In the beginning of the writing process, when the assignment was first mentioned, I thought to myself that I have nothing to write about. Which inevitably meant for me that I was going to have to make up information, just so that it will be able to submit something. When we did the free write in class, even though I wrote foolishness in a short amount of time, it sparked something in my mind and I finally had a topic. When I sat In front of my computer to conduct the Shitty First Draft, I wrote gibberish, nothing flowed, it probably only made sense to me but that’s all that mattered. I wrote the first things that came to mind, pertaining to the topic, even though at that point I didn’t have a clear topic yet. I basically started from scratch with my second draft, using bits and pieces from my Shitty first Draft to fill in the blanks. I didn’t really know what I was going to talk about until I finished my first paragraph because I remembered an event that would flow well with my theme. After meeting with Mat, I gained tips about how to make parts of my essay more narrative and less “essay” like. Going back to the drawing board, I took a red pen and crossed out a lot of parts and made notes on places I could be more descriptive. I implemented my notes and was able to get to my finalized Personal Narrative!