Thlog 3

      Week 3 mostly consisted of more work towards WP1. Throughout the process of writing WP1 I have noticed how hard it is more me to focus on one topic while I'm writing. I lose my interest extremely quickly in every day things, and I guess that habit follows me into my writing world. Choosing what I was going to write about took a while because all of the ideas that I thought of would only interest me for a bit. Once I began writing all of my ideas seemed rather unoriginal. When I finally chose my topic I remembered how much I did not like writing introductions. Analyzing the captions I chose wasn't too difficult, but finding an argument that tied them all together was. I am still working on it. This thlog is my break from my WP1 revising.

      I think that the introduction activity helped a lot, because it helped me realize how different of an experience each reader has with an introduction. When my partners and I read the introduction we all agreed that we didn't think that the thesis was strong. A couple of people around us agreed as well, but there were others that found the thesis was easy to identify. Also, I found it comforting that other people were also struggling with the thesis, and to hear what they thought about mine. I enjoy discussing strategies about writing, and trying to adapt them in my writing. I still find my essay boring in comparison to other informal writing, but I know that for this assignment my requirement is not to entertain. I am now working on reinforcing my argument.
      The Writing tip that was the most helpful for me I think was writing tip #1. I often leave a big chunk of time to do my work, but now I'm dividing it up a bit more, and I think I'm catching more of my writing mistakes than before. The thing that I find hard about this though is that it takes me a bit to get into my "writing groove", but I'm working on it.