Running head: PLAN FOR SUCCESS AND TOPIC IDEAS
The Plan for Success and Topic Ideas
Margaret Webb
Kaplan University
PLAN FOR SUCCESS AND TOPIC IDEAS
The Plan for Success and Topic Ideas My writing includes many more than three aspects I wish to improve but for this assignment I will focus on the major three areas. I have been out of school for quite some time and lost more than what I had hoped of my writing skills. However, I somehow managed to survive Composition 1 and plan to conquer Composition 2 with the same success. To do so however, I will need to improve some areas of my writing. First, I would focus on grammatical issues. This is the main issue I wish to focus on this semester. It is often I find myself struggling to place punctuation in the correct position. This has been conflicting in the
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Sentences became impressively long run-ons; only they were not impressive. My writing did not read smoothly because my punctuation was not where it should be. To improve this issue, I plan to use the Kaplan Writing Center to allow a tutor to review my work and add commentary where necessary. A second aspect of my writing I wish to improve is the writing process. I tend to use free-writing as the main process of my writing. For me, this is a quick way to gather my thoughts and ideas and jot them down as they come to mind. Often, this becomes more of a mess than a success. I find that I have many thoughts and ideas but they do not flow smoothly together. This is where brainstorming might be more helpful. I could create an outline to place ideas where they belong before putting together a piece of writing. The third aspect of my writing I wish to improve is tone. I am an avid Facebook user and my informal writing is prominent. I find this to be true when completing formal writings as well. This can be an issue when it is imperative to use a professional