Essay #1 Reflection

The essay that I just finished was about what kind of pop culture artifacts make us happy in life. I think the way the essay evolved during the revision process is that during the first draft I was very intimidated about the topic and didn’t really know what to mention in my essay, but as I came to my second draft I had a lot of different ideas and good points I wanted to input in my essay. What I have learned about writing as a result doing this essay is to never lack supporting details for songs I was writing about, I needed to elaborate a little more, on why my three chosen songs and why they were important for this essay. I feel my writing has changed as a result of this essay is that I know understand that I must always restate my thesis statement even at the end of my essay to keep the reader on the same page of what my essay was about and make sure the essay makes since from beginning to end. What I will do differently next time is plan out my essay a little more before I begin to write it out, I feel it will help me come up with more points to put in my essay. I think what I struggle with the must in my essays is that I forget to make sure the details and the thesis points are in order and that I must write my paragraphs from least important to most important. But I feel I have succeeded the most in understanding to sticking to my thesis statement and making all my paragraphs relate to my statement I first made. Also to make an argument that my audience can agree with or argue against.