Journal 12

I don't think that anything in my writing has changed too much. The one thing I've started to learn, but still need to develop, is writing longer essays. I've never had to write anything over three pages, so its still new for me to try and find seven or eight pages of material to write about. I've also learned that the end of the semester creeps up on you out of nowhere, so its best to work on your assignments early and get them out of the way so you don't have them all pile up from all of your classes. Revision is also becoming a more important part of my writing now. I used to just write up my first draft, revise it for grammar and spelling, then submit it. But with longer papers, you have to add and subtract entire paragraphs and ideas, sometimes even throw out things that you've been trying to develop for hours. All the stuff with the media was things I already knew, I just never took the time to analyze it. When i see commercials, I still just look at them for the entertainment value. Analysis just feels like trying to turn something fun into work