Reflection On My Writing

I once thought that I could make no error in my writing, however after completing this EA, it seems that I very much can. The largest issue that I had in my writing was going over what I had wrote. When I did go over my essay it was always half heartedly and with reluctance. Doing the Expository Writing Stations has improved my own understanding of good writing by having me grade myself and see, on my own, how many mistakes I had made.

One of the important reflections that I made during the stations, was that I did not re-read essay more than once, the time that I did go over my writing it was not very attentively. I believed that it was impossible, or at least not very likely for me to make a mistake. In my overconfidence I missed many important

errors I should have fixed.
Another reflection that changed my understanding of my own writing is the evidence that I showed. In my essay there was evidence shown however it was severely lacking. In my whole CBAP there was only one body paragraph that actually supported my thesis. This caused my essay, as a whole, to be lacking.
In my CBAP there were no sentence fragments and my sentences were also varied, however in my reflections I noticed that in all twenty-six lines there were only eleven sentences! During the time I was reviewing my CBAP, there was a reluctance to accept that I had written that many run-on sentences. Now even after going over my essay an extra time it still shocks me that I had actually done that.
My writing I can now see was not the best, it had not even crossed my mind to check my spelling with a dictionary or thesaurus. These stations have definitely improved my writing and they have taught me that my writing is not perfect, and I will make mistakes. The stations have in a way shown me my mortality in writing. However I will be sure to read all of my writing carefully and attentively. All my evidence will completely support my thesis. I will also vary my sentence structure clearing out all fragments and run-on sentences.