Strengths and Weaknesses
I believe that I have a couple of writing strengths and several weaknesses. First, I think that I do a good job of gathering my ideas for my essay and getting it off to a good start. This is where my weaknesses begin; I start out with a well formed thesis but, when I get to the body of the essay I have a hard time following through with the thoughts that I have formed in the beginning. In other words I have a hard time translating those thoughts into a well formed essay. Several of my comments from my instructor have been that this is a good start but, it needs to be developed further. For some reason when I would develop what was clearly seen as a good start I would give up. When I am writing an essay I need to have more confidence in what I have to say. I need to commit to my idea and make sure I have said enough or that I have gone into enough detail to convince the reader that this is the way that I see the particular piece I am writing about. I think I lost sight of what it means to write an essay. I need to keep in mind that I need to think about what it is that I see and make sure it is supported by the text. I also need to remember that there is no right or wrong when it comes to how we view things that we read.
