Learning Outcome 1:Comparing my revising process from my first essay to my final essay in this class has changed a lot. My first essay, I did a lot of local changes. I didn’t apply any global changes to my essay. I reworded sentences, added in commas, and made sure that everything was spelt right. I focused a lot of my time on my transition and topic sentences, which at the time I thought was a major edit. I aimed to make sure my essay flowed from paragraph to paragraph. Looking at my three drafts from Project 1, it would be hard to pick out where I made changes because they were so minor. Looking at Project 3, my drafts had drastic changes to them. I did more revision from draft to draft for my final paper than I did for my first few papers. I did a lot more rewriting for Project 3 and then going back through it a last time, I removed a lot of unnecessary detail. I am very wordy when I explain my ideas, so I condensed sentences and took away some to get straight to my point. I reorganized my paragraphs, strengthened my thesis, and changed the direction of my essay completely from my original idea. The content and quotes were more important in this essay than sentence-level errors.
