Tenth Discussion/Blog Post

I have no process of “getting to writing”; I usually just sit down and stare at a blank piece of paper to collect my thoughts. I am a big procrastinator and it progressively got worse as I finished each paper. I procrastinate because the hardest part of writing a paper to me is starting and I always have problems getting together ideas to start. I do brainstorm and try to eliminate some ideas on the basis of how hard they will be to get the adequate volume and how easy it will be to get the sources required. Once I narrow these ideas down I think about topics under this idea and try write around the center topic. I don’t really like sharing my writings with other classmates because since they are learning the material just like me, I don’t know whether to take their critiques as correct or an honest mistake just like I make. I really enjoy getting feedback from the teachers because they have the knowledge and I can feel confident that the critique that is given to my writings is correct and complete. I don’t like the idea of writing being a continuing process because I like to see a final ending accomplishment rather than always having something that you have to improve on. I prefer the process of continuing to revise work instead of just turning the paper in to get a grade because I get a better ending project to later turn in which improves grades. The way I will arrange my portfolio is in order completed for the course because this is the easiest way to show my progression. The first papers were really rough in the sense that I was trying too hard to follow a process, but the second round of critiques that said that I seemed “robotic” in my writing; I tried to reflect a change in the last writing.