The final thlog :( #10

Well guys this is my last thlog :(. It was one hell of a ride, a stressful one at that. Last week i focused on just finishing my portfolio. It was hectic especially since I had to make a new thesis for both WP1 and WP2. The revision matrices and reverse outlines weren't that hard since I already knew what major changes I did and the main idea of each of my paragraphs. What really took me a while was the meta-cognitive reflection. I had an idea of what I wanted to do but I really didn't know how to phrase it somewhat academically. There was some points where my normal tone slipped in mostly because I wanted to reflect what I was thinking. However, I can say I am satisfied with it. I'm very satisfied with my revised WP's because they actually have arguments now. Another change is that i shortened my WP1 by three pages. That was very stressful to somehow keep the information that was in those pages and make my paper only five pages long. Now to end my last thlog. Zack thanks for everything man. You helped change me improve my writing greatly. Before, I used to fill my papers with fluff and more fluff. Now I just get right to the point and tell the reader what I want them to know. I'm also much more confident in my writing than before. I used to stress about fitting everything inside my paper at the cost of it being really long and tedious. Now I know how to pick out the main points of articles and elaborate on it.

Thlog #9

Well here is my weekly thlog. This was a very stressful week. I essentially took my WP1 and grinded it up and spit out something new. I kept some key parts of it but I scrapped the rest that I felt didn’t really belong. On the other hand, my WP2 was less strenuous. I just had to create a good thesis statement to base my point on. After I did that it was mostly adding more analysis to my statements that tied my paragraphs to my thesis. I also scrapped most of my introductions for both pieces because they were too fluffy. They took too long to get my point across. I also scrapped whole paragraphs in my WP1 because they felt like another intro paragraph. It sure was stressful but I was able to see why my WP1 was very inadequate. I also saw my WP2 just needed some more fine tuning to be an argument-based paper. While I still need to do the revision matrices and metacognitive reflection it should not take long since I know what major changes I made. I also have to do my metacognitive reflection but I already have an idea of what I am going to do. I intend to go from start to finish using WP1 to WP3 and describe the changes I have gone through. While I intend to be formal in the paper since it does involve higher level thinking I want to keep my personal voice. I don’t want it to sound like a generic piece of writing that could be copied and pasted.