Writing Reflection One
Megan McInerney
Writing for College Success
Professor: Elizabeth Isenkul
October 2, 2017
Writing Reflection Essay 1
“Writing for College Success” has been a useful class for my writing skills through a structured system of revision and correction. Throughout the first five weeks of the course instruction, I feel that I have improved in some ways but should work to grow more in others. As a writer, I have gained more individual responsibility towards ensuring that my essays are logically sound and well structured. As a student, I need to improve my diligence towards writing deadlines and seeking help from the Student Success center.
I am dissatisfied in that I have sought little revision from peers, tutors, or professors. I feel that this has inhibited my personal growth because I am not being exposed to constructive critique and continuous correction throughout my writing experience. I will improve this by way of visiting the student success center multiple times throughout the week. I may also benefit from writing more journals in my own personal time that I may bring in to be edited by tutors so that I am receiving corrections for the most relevant time frame of my writing and progress as possible.
Be this as it may, I am more conscious in my writing from the small amount of in-class revision I have received. I am more conscientious in altering my sentence structure, and capitalize words cautiously. Previously, I frequently fell victim to run-on sentences. I currently have adopted the habit of re-reading my writing so that I can structure sentences logically and with proper grammar.
For example, in my second essay, I began the essay with the sentence “Considering the academic schedule that I am following, the role that language plays in my learning process is very important”, and then I launched my essay into direct examples with no explanation. After my first essay consultation, I revised my essay to begin with “Spoken and nonverbal language are essential tools in human interaction for people to be able to understand each other. The role that language plays in a learning process is very important, and when considering the academic schedule that I am following for Nursing, it is essential”. This is a much better introduction because it leads the reader into the essay with an understanding of the topic and why it pertains to my academics. Without the adoption of reading my essays over and revising to make them sound more logical, I would still have an essay structure that is highly illogical and confusing.
I plan to continue my writing improvement by always submitting the final copies of my essays on blackboard before the hard-copy class deadline. I also plan to take more initiative in exposing myself to more frequent writing revision through the Student Success Center and regular tutoring hours. I look forward to the next half of the Fall 2017 semester in “Writing for College Success”.