Sunday, January 12, 2020
Sophie's Academic Writing Self-Assessment
I definitely enjoy academic writing more than creative writing, so it is useful for me to analyze my strengths and weaknesses when it comes to academic writing. I think my biggest weakness would be in coming up with ideas: once I have an idea to write about, I enjoy the writing process of communicating the idea. But, actually choosing what to write about is usually an arduous and time-consuming process. My biggest strength in academic writing would probably be my ability to support a claim well. I think I am good at staying focused in my writing and really finding the right evidence to support whatever it is I am arguing. I think an example of these weaknesses and strengths would be in my final English 251 paper: it took me hours to decide what to write about, but once I figured it out, I think I did a good job of supporting my thesis with textual evidence.
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Support is so important & something I'm trying to get better at in my own papers! Evidence is everything.
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite, where I much prefer creative writing, but I totally agree it's challenge to choose a topic when given free range. You don't know which one to really write about unless you can find enough research to back up what you're saying.
ReplyDeleteFinding a topic that you enjoy writing about is so important. While the process to find that topic can become difficult, having a good topic can make writing the actual paper that much easier.
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