Rough Drafts

           Yay! Rough drafts are done! Writing the rough draft is always the hardest part for me. Getting those initial thoughts down on paper is always challenging, which is why I’m so happy to have it over with. Now I get to do the fun part, revising. I have always hated this part of writing, but for some reason I’m really excited to improve my paper. Despite knowing this isn’t true, I have always felt like I was wasting time revising. Now, I more view it as a way to really make the paper exactly how I want it. I get to warp those initial thoughts into something exciting, something intriguing. I get to really drive home those points that I think are most important and interesting. Maybe the reason I feel this way about revising this essay is because from the moment I finished, I felt like my essay was lacking. Other essays I have written have not been as “rough.” There is much more to work with this draft than other ones. There is more that I wanted to say but that didn’t make it in. I think the pieces I didn’t put in could actually make it much more interesting, but due to the tight schedule of parent weekend they were not included. In addition, the actual writing itself was very rough. There were a ton of confusing sentences and misspelled words. I feel like I have a second chance to make this essay awesome! I’m still confused to why I feel this way, as usually I would think about how time consuming and boring it would be to edit it. However, even if this isn’t my normal attitude, I’ll take it, because I’m certainly more productive and positive this way.