Personal Narrative: My Mistakes In My Writing

Restate your Thesis Statement in a new and interesting way by briefly reminding the reader of your strongest argument(s).

I may tend to run on about a subject or topic and get side tracked. Not being able to get back on track towards the thesis statement can be challenging and difficult as it is one of my anxieties in writing. I am a very opinionated person, which may hurt me in the long run. A lot of times people may not have the same opinions as I do and it may make the reader mad or discouraged. Overall, I believe a writer needs to be able to express themselves and not be distinguished as a bad writer because they believe very strongly about a subject. I have a few weaknesses, butI believe, my strengths overpower my weaknesses and I can stand out as a writer for the

In some of my work before this class. I would stray away from the main topic and go into a topic that was not documented appropriately for the paper. While reflecting on whether or not I improved in this area, I believe that I have. Throughout the research paper, I stayed on topic about the issue and did not go off into a different topic or problem. I collected information that would help show the reader the whole picture. When it came to the persuasive paper I gave the appropriate research to show the reader which side of the issue I was on and the side I was trying to persuade them to

A thesis should also be written with the reader in mind with a road map they could follow along easily. A road map is basically the direction you want your reader to take when reading your essay. You want your thesis to start at the beginning and power forward clearly to the end. No detours, no circles. If you write with the reader in mind you are more likely to communicate successfully. The reader should not waste the effort that would go into understanding the substance of the writing, in order to guess what the writer intended to mean. You have to lead the reader in

I believe that people should be allowed to buy guns; however, there needs to background checks. Convicts should not be allowed to buy guns nor should non-citizens. I believe that abortion is murder of a child and a baby’s life begins at conception. I do not believe the earth is getting warmer I believe that it is the cycles of the seasons and time.

Your thesis statement is no exception to your writing: it needs to be as clear as possible. By being as clear as possible in your thesis statement, you will make sure that your reader understands exactly what you mean.

* If you’re having difficulties writing a thesis, use the thesis generator in the Ashford Writing Center - https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-thesis-generator.html. Remember, a thesis should make a claim – a definitive statement – about some issue. Here is an example: Effective communication is the most important factor in a successful relationship. Without it, chances are, a relationship will fail.

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One of my strong points in writing is coming up with ideas and knowing how to get started on a paper. I guess you can say I am a free writer. Whatever in my head ends up on paper and I could write about a lot of things that matters to me or upsets me and feel passion when writing it down, but there also a weakness that I can’t overcome because my inner critic come along with it. Which makes me completely change and overshadow my own writing. I have a problem with revising and not being able to see the flaws in my writing, but that’s not it. I overpower one topic with another one in other words I would mash up two topics that is the exact opposite of each other which contradict my whole paper. The other problem is shorting up a sentence as well

Another error of my writing process was not having a clear and specific thesis statement. I would often combined to many thoughts and ideas all in one sentence, which made it very difficult for readers to understand my main argument. For example, in my fourth essay about performance-enhancing drugs, my thesis “Athletes are constantly recognizable to the public eye; their actions can affect the children and adults for whom they serve as role models, which is why many athletes depend on the use of performance-enhancing drugs to better their performance,” was very vague and was not the main focal point of the essay which it should have been. In recent years prior, I never had any problems trying to convey my message or point. College was entirely a different league. My professor suggested that I read other research papers to better understand how my thesis should sound and be constructed. My professor then told me that I needed to add that explanation into the paragraph so the reader can understand exactly what I am trying to get across with

I tried and failed a number of times, but I eventually succeeded on making my thesis debatable on my Of Mice and Men paper. The thesis I used was: ‘Victim blaming leads to the normalization of violence and the devaluing of women.’(Of Mice and Men paper) I was able to find a number of articles online from credible sources including Time magazine, which both contested and supported the above point. In order to help make my thesis more debatable, I had to learn to stay away from making my thesis about obvious plot details. Another technique I used was to look for counterarguments to my thesis online, because anything can theoretically be argued against, but some arguments are too weak to actually hold up. I am very proud of what I was able to learn, and although it took thinking and hard work, I was able to

Another one of my major flaws is having the incorrect point of view. I need to make sure I go over an essay a couple times because I normally add incorrect point of view the first time.

That is where most of my mistakes are is in the body paragraphs. That is usual where I get off topic or start to ramble on about one thing which leads to one paragraph is longer than the others. My conclusions never connect the entire essay together which I also say needs improvement.

I need to simply state and idea once, provide a quote, explain it and move on. In my essay, there are parts where I repeat the same idea over and over but in different words. While doing the essay, it is hard for me to realise this as I do not have much time to carefully re-read and analyse my essay. Whatever I write down is what I think is most important at that moment. A perfect example of my repetitive nature in writing can be seen in the conclusion.In the conclusion, I repeat the idea that children do not see how many times their parents sacrifice for them until they are older and when they are, the child sacrifices or the parent. Each time this is repeated, it is simply said in a different way. I believe that the root cause of this problem is the fact that I do not think I can demonstrate what I am trying to say with a few words. I think that I must write a lot and repeat certain ideas to show the reader that I know what I am saying, but in reality, this is only reducing the effect of my essay on the reader. Next time, when writing an essay, I need to find pieces of evidence for my thesis that are not so closely related or brought about by the same thing or event. This is actually more so relevant in my previous paragraph but it can apply to any essay I write. Moreover, another weakness I have is the fact that I constantly make bad word choices and phrasing. In the previous paragraph, it was weak

In Unit 5 Discussion post, I was really struggled on writing a thesis statement. I read through Unit 5 Reading and its help. I got some helps with the thesis from the replied post. My professor replied with the post stated that my thesis needed to be more formal. I realized that I need to change my thesis to be more formal. I think to write a good paper I need to focus more on how to write a good formal thesis. I found out that as I wrote my draft I think my weakness is on writing a thesis. I also need to make some changes on my 3 paragraphs to flow better with my introduction. Someone once told me a Thesis statement is a map for the paper. I think my paper need a strong thesis to start off the paper. I realized that I need to have a clear