Rough Draft Reflection

Reflecting back to the writing I’ve done over the course of this semester, I am truly astonished to not just how much it has changed, but in my opinion improved. Throughout my entire high school writing experience there was nothing but a continual rush to pump some semblance of a coherent thought the night before it was due. Before this class I don’t think I had ever truly taken the time to hone a rough draft into a truly finished one. I suppose the most considerable thing that I have taken away from this semester is that though a rough draft can be fine as far as satisfying criteria, but its nature is inherent to its title, it is rough. Your ideas are often not as clear as you would like them to be, your evidences not as poignant, and your word choice feels lacking.

Especially as a new college freshman, where tasks that need accomplishing pile up faster than previously imaginable, it was finding the time to do this vital revision that was my biggest challenge. I remember clearly the day before the Accessibility Audit was do, I had let myself get caught up in other classes and responsibilities, and had not touched the paper since the draft workshop. I wanted nothing more than just to submit the rough draft, forget about it, and get some sleep, but after looking over it I realized just how lacking it was and how much better I could have done. So I stayed up another three hours and turned it into something I was proud to submit. I guess that is one of the most important things I have learned about myself as a writer this semester is that I am compelled to deliver something that is of caliber, even if in the grand scheme of things the piece of writing is insignificant, and will never be