Writing 101 Reflective Essay

Before starting college I had never written more than a three page paper. I was inexperienced when it came to writing lengthy, but still interesting papers. I still find myself to be questioning, appropriately, the content of my papers, my time management skills, and also the effectiveness of which I portray my thoughts, concepts and ideas. I have found this class to be challenging in both beneficial, and strictly frustrating ways. This class although time consuming, and difficult, has helped me grow as a writer, and given me tools such as critical thinking, review, and reflection that I will continue to use for the entirety of my college career. During my time in Writing 101, my biggest struggle has been to get my thoughts and ideas out of my brain, and in between the lines on a paper. There are many times I have great ideas for my writing, yet I find it extremely difficult to get the words out in an intelligent fashion. As I have stated in three separate blog posts this has been my largest, most frustrating form of writer 's block. While working on my Multimodal Remix Project, I opened up to thinking …show more content…
In the Project #1 Reflection I talked about how this project highlighted my weakness on procrastination, and time management. Although I was able to finish this essay with time to spare, I was very frustrated with myself the week before because I didn’t work on this project as much as I should have. I tend to wait until around 3 days before the assignment is due to really get working on it. When it comes to submitting a rough draft I would normally just throw together half the word count, with sloppy ideas. I want to try and change this for next semester. I would like to put extra effort into writing a thorough, helpful rough draft. Also setting up an effective outline would be extremely beneficial for helping me finish my papers in a timely