Demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity (global revision), as well as editing and proofreading (local revision).

Prompt: Revisit your early work and review your approach to revising early in the term and compare changes between your first and final draft of your chosen Significant Writing Project as you prepare to write a section of your statement titled Learning Outcome 1. In that section, explain how you have made specific changes that demonstrate your ability to engage in both global and local revision (about 200-450 words). What does this show you about your development? You will likely draw from the ways your class has discussed revision.

Over the course of this English Writing class, I have both learned and improved on some writing skills. For instance, at the beginning of the semester, the class as a whole both read and annotated Lizzie Widdicombes “The End of Food” piece. This piece went into detail about Rob Rhinehart and his revolutionary food replacement product, Soylent. The way I went about this project at the start was fairly rudimentary. I was thinking too hard about this prompt and in some cases I would ramble on about the same topic. Unfortunately, in the peer review stage, the critics and corrections were a little less harsh than I anticipated considering nobody knew anyone. So, since the peer review for this piece was a little less helpful, I went back and did my own corrections along with the help of my Professor as well. The big thing I focused on was to create a strong thesis statement. Looking back on that change, it really helped improve this essay and the ones to come. Being able to come up with an extremely strong thesis really sets the foundation in my essay; and, when comparing the first and final draft, there really is a big difference in my eyes. Another thing I began to do was reverse outlining my piece which a fellow student suggested. This helped me visualize my motives for each paragraph I wrote instead of just rambling on. Overall this first essay really helped me broaden my spectrum of writing and the ideas that follow it and it helped me improve my personal editing skills along with peer review of others.