Writing Log 6

For me, this essay was a completely different challenge from the last paper. It involved more creativity and thinking. It wasn't just analyzing something. It was bringing my own experience and emotions into the paper.

I thought this paper was more difficult to get started on because it did involve so much creative thinking. However, I thought I was able to have a lot stronger of a voice and I also incorporated pathos a lot more effectively.

My paper changed so much from my first draft to my final draft. I was really unhappy with my first draft and decided to start over completely, just keeping the research that I had already done and my introduction. I feel that the final draft satisfies the prompt much better than my first draft. I also feel that it is just better all around, especially in the strength of the voice and adding my emotions to it.

One thing I was a little hesitant on was going and changing my paper completely. I just opened a new Word document and rewrote everything. I wasn't sure if this was a good idea, but in the end I felt it was better than what I originally had. The first draft kind of allowed me to just get some basic ideas down, while the final draft had more detail and specificity to it.

I was also unsure about keeping my introduction. I really liked it and even incorporated it back into my paper at the end, but I'm not sure if I would have been better off just starting with my second paragraph.

Next time, I think should really try to find what I want to say and then support it with information instead of finding information and supporting it with my thoughts like I did in my first draft.