The assignment for this essay was to apply a piece of writing advice to our own personal writing and lives. The very first draft, or the first 200 words, of my paper was really missing specific examples, details and clarification when I made broad statements. This later translated into the version I turned in before this one. My goal for editing this essay was to make my points more specific and to try and limit all of the times I use “it” or “this” without specific context. When I use these “place-holding” words, I usually think the reader will always know what I am trying to say even though it may not be obvious. This is one of the issues I have found in my writing and one that I mention in the essay. Sometimes it was difficult to find what to replace the place-holding words with because I did not want to repeat myself over and over, another of my writing issues. So, to combat my mistakes I tried to find synonyms or another similar idea when I mentioned the same topic more than once in a paragraph. At the end, I tried to expand on my thoughts in a broader sense rather than just tying them together really quickly. The idea of expanding on the conclusion rather than just ending has always been difficult, but I tried my best to write down where I thought the essay could go if I were to elaborate on my writing in the future.
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