I can write all my thoughts on a particular subject without the worry of sentence structure, punctuation, or grammar. Everything gets written, while it's fresh on my mind. Then, I can go back and organize my thoughts into essays with ease.
When I write my essay I used my free writing skills to get all my thoughts down on paper, then I used the listing method to organize them. I also went online and used Google search for more information and to find supporting information and that's how I got my rough draft done. I feel researching was most helpful tools for me when I was writing my draft.
I like this step since first I get to read a lot about it and second I knew about Hinduism although I learn something new from doing research. I wouldn't do anything different to my essay in my future since I found this to be very useful.
As an English major I have learned to appreciate the peaceful, yet exhilarating moment when my mind engages with an author's thoughts on a page. As Toni Morrison says in The Dancing
Mind , "[reading is] to experience one's own mind dancing with another's." In my early days as a college student, I wanted to know the "true" meaning of a work or what the author intended, however, I have now realized this would void literature of its most noteworthy complexities.
Individual interpretations bring varied insights to a work and it is also interesting to point out messages the author may not have realized s/he included in the piece.
I have always been a thinker, but throughout my coursework, I have greatly sharpened my critical analysis