Reflective Essay: Writing Analysis

When writing throughout the year I have learned many things. I believe I have grown as a writer, especially in the maturing of my vocabulary and sentence structure. Looking back on these works of writing, I would have to say my favorite piece was the argumentative research paper. This was a great essay because it was a free range topic and I got to write about my own interests. Also, I got to do an abundance of research on something I enjoy. I felt that I was more likely to put forth more effort in an essay that I picked. On the other hand, I did not enjoy writing the essay on Brave New World because it was a book that I had difficulty understanding, and I did not enjoy reading the novel. I also believe the book had many flaws being written so far in the past the author, Aldous Huxley did not realize that things like film would go out of style. The piece I am the most proud of would probably be my college admissions essay. This piece was difficult because I was forced to make the essay concise, while …show more content…
I realized I constantly rushed to finished pieces without going back to look them over. I believe that simple mistakes should have been caught in while reading over the essays. I missed many simple punctuation mistakes and have learned from those mistakes. My drafting process has remained unchanged I normally do not write rough drafts I do research and just begin writing. I do write my essays over a course of a few days to keep my ideas free-flowing. My revision process was poor, but developed as the year went on. At first I would not revise my essays and always do them last minute. This would not leave time for revision and allow stupid mistakes to be left on my essays. The most difficult thing about writing for me has always been punctuation, mainly commas and text with quotations. I constantly have people review these flaws, as well as essay readers