In my essay on Bacon's Rebellion, I think I could have done slightly better. I definately have learned about the way I write and my writing process while writing this essay. I have discovered that I am so used to writing informative essays, that it's tough to have to add my opinion into everything. This is not the way I write, and I find it distracting to the reader because every 2 sentences comes; "I believe this was wrong because..." My writing philosophy involves mainly journalism and informative types of writing. I am better at this style, and I enjoy it more so than opinionated writing.
It's very difficult to make the transition from high school writing into college level writing when we are not really being instructed on how to do that. I think we need more coaching and instruction on how to write rather than the usual, "write this about this using your opinion." That doesn't give me much to work with, especially after writing in a way that is almost the complete opposite of what is being expected of us now.
For the next essay I write for this class, I will definately try to make changes in my writing style. I will add in more of my opinion; although it would be easier if I knew how to do that efficiently. I am also going to spend more time at home in order to finish on time. I believe that the main thing I need to work on is just trying to figure out exactly waht it is that is being expected out of the next essay. This will hopefully help improve my writing in more ways than one.
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