My Mistakes In My Writing Analysis

The amount of mistakes a human can make is innumerable and I am no exception. Never have I had a perfect paper; they’ve always had issues with the type of language, the portrayal, the grammar/mechanics of the writing, and the overall elaboration of the sentences. These aren’t difficult problems to fix, just careless mistakes. Most of these problems can be fixed with more editing, which comes to the most common mistake of my writing, revising. Although I do revise, I always miss small details that my instructor is sure to unearth. But, there are so many resources available that can easily help with these, for example: The St. Martin’s Handbook and The Composition of Everyday Life. Both resources were very valuable to my education this semester in College Writing One. The portrayal of ideas in a passage, a mystery to me. How do authors like J.K Rowling or F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrate such fantastic images in the minds of their readers? At times where I felt that I was using “big girl” words, I felt so proud, like I was actually at the college level. But unfortunately, I was often using them incorrectly. For example, in a previous essay, the Week 10 reflection over computers and how they …show more content…
Revising is a key part to a successful paper. This is another mistake I made while inventing my papers. I did not revise enough. For example, in my Week 4 Essay, I said, “to hear the it”. This flaw could have been easily avoided with more revising. “Such careful rereading can help you eliminate irrelevant material and identify sections needing further details or examples”(Lunsford, 80). The St. Martin’s Handbook provides a great deal of information that helps immensely with editing. Forgetting words or adding them is not my only problem when it comes to revising. I often forget to put a comma, space, or period to finish a sentence. In addition, all of my problems add up to somewhat clear and concise papers, but not to their full