Often times in my writing I end up thinking that I am going to write about one thing, then end up writing about something completely different. When I am writing, new ideas pop into my head and I go on a tangent about that. Usually I have a couple of paragraphs left over that I don’t even use because they didn’t have any relevance to what I was trying to say in my submitted blog post. Having a couple of paragraphs already written could possibly be used as a means of structuring my unessay. I definitely go back and read my own work and often times I find a whole sentence or two that flows more smoothly in a different part of the paragraph. Looking back on each of my blog posts I think I have learned how to structure what I have to say better. Blog post #5 is one blog that I am proud of because I was able to express how I truly feel about something. I also forgot to put my name on this blog post, so that is a lesson learned the hard way. I believe that I have a clearer understanding of what good writing looks like. My first blog post was rough because I didn’t even write about the prompt. Since then I have gone to turn in a post, but then I read others’ posts and realized I didn’t understand what I was actually supposed to write about. It hasn’t been perfect, but I feel like I have adapted to the learning curve that is a college English course. In the end, I think I just kind of go with the flow, and for me it seems to work. As long as I get my ideas on the page, I can work with what I write to structure my paragraphs.
- Jack Beaudoin