Strategies for Becoming an Effective Academic Writer
The writing process that I used in the past was completely different from what I have learned to use in this class. In the past my teacher just taught us to get a piece of paper and start writing on our topic that we chose. Since I have started this class, I am learning how to correctly write an essay or any paper. I now know that there are different steps in the writing process that you have to follow to write an excellent paper or essay. I have learned that you have to understand the instructions of the assignment identify the purpose and analyze your audience when writing your paper. Drafting is the easiest step in the writing process for me to complete. Drafting is the easiest for me because to me it is easy to research information for a topic. There are plenty of resources that you can use to find information on any topic. Creating a thesis statement is simple because you are only stating your opinion on the subject of your paper. Outlining is also simple because you are gathering all your information into an outline. Documenting sources would be the easiest because you are just putting together your reference page, showing were you researched all of the information for your paper. The step that is the most difficult in the writing process is prewriting. Prewriting is the most difficult for me because you don’t know what you are going to write about. You have to decide what or who you want to write about. You really have to do lots of brainstorming. Three strategies that I can use to overcome these obstacles so that I can become a more effective academic writer would be too; write something every day, reread my worst material and highlight the aspects that needs to be changed or improved, and I can mimic the writing style of other