Reflection

Storm E. Fort
GSW 1110
Jay Jones
17 December 2015
Self-Reflection
After looking back on the semester, I believe and wish I could have done better than I did. I consider myself a good writer but the work I put together did not explain that. According to Jay’s constructive criticisms I have still have a lot of things to work on. I consecutively run into the same problem on every essay. I have found new and effective ways to improve my writing. Next time I plan to go above and beyond my own expectations. So many essays and due dates got the best of me; however I found ways to help me overcome these problems in the future.
Based on the comments on my essay my biggest issues are properly proofreading and expanding my thoughts a lot more. My academic writing can be a lot better if I continuously proofread my work before submitting it. In the future I plan to ask two or more people to review my essays but also have a Learning Commons tutor review it as well. Receiving feedback from others will help me identify my mistakes. When professors or instructors view my work I do not want simple errors to be the only thing they notice. Another problem I want to solve is working on elaborating on the information I present. I got comfortable with writing research essays and that does not involve expanding on thoughts, only information. For essays in the future I am going to write my essays, but once I finish I will go through each paragraph and add detailed sentences to support my information. This will help the audience understand what is being presented and my point of view. I noticed that the readers of my work may not understand where I stand in the writing and I want to work on that as well.