My Writing Process

We all have processes and habits in nearly all that we do including writing a paper. In my general experience I evaluate the efficiency of my writing processes and habits based on whether I have achieved my desired outcome. I view writing as a task and just as in all tasks within my life I hate to be rushed, so I make sure that I have a sufficient amount of time to devote. In correlation with the time factor, I revise and edit after every paragraph of my writing assignments. When I am given a writing assignment my overall goal is to write a paper worthy of an impressive grade. My current approach to writing is my preliminary efforts to achieve my initial goal, however in collaboration of my current goal I would like to attain a deeper sense
I recall a history class I took that called for a research paper towards the end of the semester. We learned of this research paper the first day of class after being given the syllabus. I began preparing for this research paper straightaway. It was to be ten pages, which was by far the longest paper I had ever written. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous because I knew it was a large percentage of my grade. I gave myself two weeks to discover a topic and another two weeks to research that topic. I spent one week constructing my introduction paragraph and one week there on after to develop each body paragraph. As I continued to develop and organize my time the anxiousness I felt began to subside. I managed to obtain a grade that I was satisfied with without feeling rushed or disorganized in the process. Time management and organization is a strong habit I maintain when writing papers. I try not to overwhelm myself because I know, for myself, that if I don’t want or feel like writing it is extremely difficult for me to force myself to do so therefore setting aside a minimum of thirty mins per day to develop my paper (depending on the length and time) appears to be a suitable solution for me to stay on
Amongst the organization of allotted time I set aside each day for writing, I will also continuously revise and edit my paper throughout the course of writing it. I believe that this provides me with a faster end result; however as I think more about this habit of continuous editing I don’t believe it actually saves anytime. There has been many episodes where I begin editing and by the time I complete the paragraph reads nothing of my original words and the time it took to do so I may have been able to rewrite the entire essay. I have learned that editing is a left brain function and writing is a right brain function and when I chose to begin editing I shut down my right brain and find myself spending a copious amount of time idling in the editing process. I wonder if this editing habit allows me to feel as though I am productive with the assignment time I have set aside rather than actually having a useful purpose. This certainly brings frustration to my process of writing and urges me to evaluate its