The essay I have decided to turn in for grading is No Right On Red, my personal narrative about my terrifying first experience of driving at night. Although I am quite pleased with my cultural analysis on the emerging phenomenon of the JUUL, there are several reasons why I feel more comfortable submitting my narrative. What it boils down to is that I believe my personal narrative is simply a better essay. The reader’s engagement was a focal point of my writing process throughout the personal narrative. That was always at the forefront of my mind as I wrote. The topic I wrote about naturally lends itself to keeping the reader engaged. Narrowly escaping the death of not only oneself, but many others as well is an exciting topic, and I made sure my essay reflected that.
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Each set of revisions made my piece that much better. Never before had I done something like the drastic revision process we engaged in. My editing was always minimal. I would maybe throw a comma in here or there or use “thesaurus.com” to cheaply, and probably ineffectively, try to increase the vernacular. I found the drastic revision was much more effective than the my previous editing strategy. The drastic revision was difficult to implement the first time. It felt so unnatural. However, it has gotten easier with each use. I am confident that I am submitting a solid, polished piece of writing due to the extensiveness of editing. The dialogue used in No Right On Red helps sets it apart from my cultural analysis. Coming into the year, dialogue was one of the weakest elements of my writing. It was choppy. It was awkward. It was no good. Because of this, I avoided it like the plague. The 7 Tools of Dialogue by James Scott Bell, as well as several exercises we have done in class have not only greatly improved my dialogue, but have also made me much more comfortable using
Each set of revisions made my piece that much better. Never before had I done something like the drastic revision process we engaged in. My editing was always minimal. I would maybe throw a comma in here or there or use “thesaurus.com” to cheaply, and probably ineffectively, try to increase the vernacular. I found the drastic revision was much more effective than the my previous editing strategy. The drastic revision was difficult to implement the first time. It felt so unnatural. However, it has gotten easier with each use. I am confident that I am submitting a solid, polished piece of writing due to the extensiveness of editing. The dialogue used in No Right On Red helps sets it apart from my cultural analysis. Coming into the year, dialogue was one of the weakest elements of my writing. It was choppy. It was awkward. It was no good. Because of this, I avoided it like the plague. The 7 Tools of Dialogue by James Scott Bell, as well as several exercises we have done in class have not only greatly improved my dialogue, but have also made me much more comfortable using