English 112

I felt really good about my first essay.  I was really confident about it throughout the whole process and I felt like I did a good job on it.  I think that confidence is really important while writing and that a writer should have confidence about their ideas and thoughts. 

I spent a lot of time writing the critique and went through a whole process.  First I read my article, “Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic” and annotated it.  Then I determined who my audience was going to be and what main criteria I would use to critique the article.  Once I decided on those things, I made a rough outline and organized my ideas.   From there I began to write my rought draft.  Then I revised my rough draft several times and came up with the final draft to submit. 

I think I will keep all the parts of my process for the next essay.  I feel that this process works really well for me and helps me organize my ideas and put them on paper.  I do not think I want to change anything in my writing process, unless I feel that I could be doing something in a better way. 

I think that Essay 2 really builds upon Essay 1.  First, we will be using multiple sources instead of just one.  Also, we will be synthesizing our sources, which I feel is a step up from just summarizing them in Essay 1.  Overall, I feel that Essay 2 will be much more challenging than Essay 1 and will require a lot of thought.  However, I think that I am ready to face this new challenge.