Recursive Process
Revising papers is one of the hardest parts of writing for me. When beginning a paper I have to get my thoughts down right away. This leaves me with a first draft that is quite vague, lacking transitions, and sometimes unclear. Revising my papers is when I organize my thoughts, add paragraphs, use transitions, and make sure my claim is prominent. I demonstrate all of these categories in the revisions for my significant writing project.
Added Paragraph: Before my conclusion I added an addition paragraph to support my claim by using Allie Karriker’s literacy narrative and referencing Brandt. In addition to supporting my claim, this paragraph also brought my paper to reach the requirement of 3 student literacy narratives.
Transition: Between my second and third body paragraphs I added/revised my transition from “Large groups of people that act as an influence such as peers don’t always actively work as influencers. –An example of a larger overarching influencer on literacy narratives is pressure from the opinions of society” to “Coinciding with the concept that larger overarching influencer fills the gaps that sponsors may leave. One of many larger overarching influencers on literacy narratives is pressure from society and their opinions”.
Organization: My first draft was very unorganized, I had to shuffle as lot around to make it more clear. One section that benefited from organization was the section written on the pressure of the economy.
Claim: A large part of this revision process was making sure to tie everything back to my claim. This can be see throughout all body paragraphs, and specifically in a comparison of the conclusions.
