Assessment 1.0

Developing my writing skills is something I am focusing on in hopes that it will benefit my future in several ways. I often am writing research and analytically papers for classes, looking and reviewing articles and data as well as learning and researching new topics or ideas. The quality of my writing is very important to me, I feel inadequate about my work when I don't finish or do well to focus on my writing. I strive to do well and make my writing appear well done and thought out every time. Unfortunately, I have issues during the drafting and revision process, where I don't catch mistakes in my writing during revision or I leave things that I feel make sense but shouldn't be there. When I draft, I often just write ideas out in paragraph form while separating main ideas between paragraphs, and fill in the blanks as I think of them. I flesh out sentences more once I feel I covered my bases. Revision for me constitutes reading aloud what I wrote to see if it makes sense. My strength I feel is coming up with things to discuss during papers that are relevant, and coming up with ideas and opinions that are intriguing to read. However, I feel that sometimes I fall short in the editing and structure department. I also feel like I have problems transitioning between topics. Hopefully, I would like to get my sentence and paragraph structure up to par with how I feel my writing should be at.