Reflective Essay About Myself As A Writer

While writing my draft I found many things about myself as a writer. One of the first things I found out was that I easily focused on a particular part when that part did not sound right to me. As I wrote I took a long time analyzing the focus of the paragraphs, instead of moving on after I thought of something to say. Also, there were many moments where I would go back to the beginning of the paper to read up to the part that I made me stuck. The one day I spent five hours editing my paper, yet focused on somethings too much that I missed others. The time and effort that I put in my paper revealed to me how much I wanted to perfect my writing.
Another thing I found out about myself when writing was that I struggled many times to find a synonym for terms that were too simple. I spent quite a bit of time searching online for synonyms that had the correct meaning and yet sounded scholarly in my paper.

Such as underlining every passive sentence I could find. After I did the underlining I would go and fix the mistakes in my paper and then move on to another part of writing that needed fixing. I also consulted the Purdue Owl website for tips on how to integrate my sources in the paper so when I introduced or mentioned them, the sentence did not sound tacky. Before this paper I had not used the website, but I found it quite helpful when writing my paper, and very easy to go to instead of asking someone. The last new strategy that I tried was referring back to my readable plan, which helped me immensely when I forgot what strategy I was going to use for a section, or when I found a different strategy to use, it helped to look there to see the other strategies I had already used. My readable plan was also helpful when going back to the sources I had found already and seeing if I wanted to use them still or if I needed to find new