For the first draft, I tried to implement the ideas that were presented in the “Shitty First Draft” assignment we had to read prior to the personal narrative. Following the plan to write without a plan, worked out well as I was able to speak my mind without really having to think too hard on the delivery of every idea, just like a free write. On the second draft I would simply have to enhances the sentences and refine the word choice. However, I think I might have gotten a little to carried away and introduced new ideas that weren’t truly necessary to the advancement of my narrative. I was worried I had diverged from the main idea and focused too much on ideas meant to be briefly discussed and left alone. My conference with Matt would confirm that, but also explain to me why having an excess of unnecessary focal points would make my writing less effective. Taking that in mind as well as other good words of advice from him, I started on my final draft, which I am still in the process of finishing but will do so soon.
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