My Writing Style Analysis

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What are some writing strategies I have incorporated into my writing style? Until this year I have never used a specific way of writing, I have always just written down what comes to my mind and then edited it to make it sound better. While being in dual English I have learned some new skills that will have a significant change in my writing, and I have decided to start incorporating these writing strategies to help my writing skills grow, they are, brainstorming, outlining what I am going to be writing about and how I am going to write about it, and using writing patterns to follow a map of how my essay is going to be written, through the use of these writing strategies my writing skills have greatly improved in just a short amount of time. …show more content…
During the revision stage, all of these strategies are still being heavily used. Brainstorming is still being used to think about ways to possibly make my essay sound smoother, outlining to change what is needed to make sentences flow better or change diction, and patterns are still being used to better my transitions or possibly change to a different pattern. The revision stage is very critical because it allows you to make major changes to your essay and edit what needs to be changed or

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