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The only texts that I referred to were the texts that I started planning with. I referred to the five articles that were references to the main articles that I read, and the original five articles that were in respects to some part of the New encyclopedia project. These articles really only gave me a reference point for writing my paper and for getting my ideas flowing together. They also provided substance to my writings.

My research process was different because it involved a different type of research than I am uses to completing. My research in the past used to consist of find evidence through experiments and findings, not people’s opinions and writings. This feels so much more different and its harder to write on, in my opinion.

The individual writing conference helped me out greatly. It gave me an idea of how to develop my arguments and how to get my points across better. It also pointed out major flaws in my writing.

I think that peer revision helps a lot also. Its always great to get different feedback on people who read your righting and it keeps you in check and makes sure you don’t write too comfortably.

If I don’t look at my paper for a while, I’m going to come back to it when I forget what I have written about, and proof read it. That will be like another outside view of my paper is I further down the timeline. All of these things have helped and will help more in the future.

Goals

Looking back at my original goals of things I have wanted to complete is that I was looking to become more detailed in my writings. I always have the tendency to be very vague and only write things that I understand. My descriptions have to tendency to be very confusing because of my writing that is only understandable at the least, if the reader knows what I am talking about. This is where I run into most of my problems. My other problems are following quotation rules due to a specific style of rules. My quotations are a mix of different styles of rules and I have a hard time sticking to one type of rules. It has become about time that I start to refer back to my student writing guide when reviewing my paper so I make sure I follow all of the guidelines needed for the final paper. Even though they weren’t originally part of my writing goals, these guidelines will help shape and form my final portfolio and help make sure my writings are of good quality and acceptable to be passed in the class. My fears are still prevalent as I feel like my writing is not quite good enough. However, I feel if I continue to follow the guidelines in the student handbook, I feel like my writing has what it takes to help get through this class and continue to succeed in the future. The paper topics are difficult but challenging and help me get a feel for what is to be expected of me in the future.