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Essay On My Writing Process

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As I started my composing process I always cut off all the lights in my dorm room and leave my desk light on. I always do this when I am writing papers or doing other homework. For me this is the only way my papers or homework is going to have my full attention. I grabbed my computer from my backpack and sat up comfortably in my chair to pull up Microsoft Word. As I waited for Microsoft Word to slowly load, I decided to grab my phone to look at Instagram Snapchat, and I even went to grab something to eat. After that I decided to keep my phone by me instead of putting it back on charger across my room. As I began to start brainstorming it did not surprise me when I receive a text message notification causing me to stop what I was doing …show more content…

I discovered things that could help me in the long run and also, I seen things that have been definitely holding me back throughout these years from me writing different papers. For example, the amount of time I spent planning, editing, and also trying to become more organized. Before I start to write I will start to formulate an outline so my paper can be more organized, sometimes when I used to write a lot of times my feedback would be my paper is not organized. Writing this paper helped me know what changes I should be making for the future in my papers. Everyone has a different writing process but you will not have a clear understanding of it until you observe it yourself. After this paper I see where my attention needs to be pointed and that is to the section I pay the least attention to, which is revising (5.1%). Throughout the paper there was small errors that could have been prevented if I spent more of my time and energy to make sure the percent in this error was higher than the rest. This is almost what Alcir Santos Neto said about his paper, “The unexpected data acquired by this study helped me transform my writing process into a healthier one” (Neto 784). After I gathered all of my information I made a

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