Revisiting My Writing Process

In the following blog post I will be reflecting and responding to my blog posts 1.10 and 1.12; how my writing and time management has changed and just how I see my writing progressing in the future and how it'll impact my career.

In my blog post 1.10, "My Writing Process", I claimed that I was a heavy revisor and occasionally a heavy planner. In the past semester, I would say I fell more into the heavy planning area. This was still very familiar to my and my process of writing. The course itself demanded much more planning than any other course I've been in, but there was still a great focus on revising. The focus of each deadline had a tendency to promote planning more than anything, but for every assignment there was an entire week or two devoted to writing and revising. It was a nice balance of the writing process I had been so familiar with, but with a slight shift in focus from revision to initial planning. This has helped me realize the convenience of good planning so it can cut down on the revision process itself. The planning and examination of the project has helped me realize the importance of understanding the context and purpose of my essays. Since I intend to study and teach english, this is an incredibly useful skill.

In my blog post 1.12, "Calendar Reflection", I was relatively true to what I expect from myself when it came to the actual execution of my work; sitting down and doing large, extended periods of work, rather than doing little things throughout the week. However, I failed to anticipate the work and demand of other classes and fell short in distributing my work well on the days that I wanted to. In truth, the Tuesdays and Thursdays I thought I would be extremely productive became my friends and family days. I was right about using Saturday afternoons for publication. I was truly rather dreadful with my time management of smaller assignments, waiting until the last moment. I do think that the stressfulness of close calls and late work have done well to tell me that it really is terrible to procrastinate, but I can still tell that it will be a tricky habit to kick. Nevertheless, I will try, due to the importance of initiative in the workplace.

Cummins, Gary "Infinity o'clock" 2/19/12 via Flickr.com