In my Literature Review on the creative process I encountered a few strengths and weaknesses in my writing; one of both will be discussed here. Throughout my paper I had good synthesis of all the sources I gathered. I was able to use many journals and research to properly communicate the history of the creative process and present the latest theories in an organized manner. I noticed how this ability to synthesize my sources came slightly easier to me than it did my classmates, which made me realize that it was one of my literary strengths.
However, I also encountered a major weakness in my writing. I have difficulty reaching my paper's required lengths. This Lit Review was supposed to be ten pages long, however I felt the paper was finished by page eight. That leaves me with two pages of new information I had to include that fit along with my paper without seeming like new last minute additions (which they were). I had a hard time with this, but with some work and help, I was able to get to the required page length. This experience led me to realize that writing a lot is my weakness.
That's awesome that you feel you can synthesize your research nicely! It's definitely a struggle to reach page limits sometimes, though - I'm dreading a 25 page paper I have due at the end of the semester already :')
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree that trying to reach page limits is the worst! Especially when you already feel like you have effectively made your points and supported them - why do superfluous work?
ReplyDeleteI totally understand the difficulty with reaching the right page length. I probably wouldn't be able to make it to page eight without difficulty though.
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