I think it would be safe to say that my confidence level while researching, drafting, and revising was pretty low. I have never been much of a writer so I really knew my essay kind of sucked especially on the grammatical side. I believe the most difficult part I faced was the citation part because I wrote my entire paper without any citations the first time. The only success I will feel out of this entire paper is if I get it back without a F or a D on it.
I found the pre-writing activities very helpful especially the web. By doing the web it really helped me strategize my entire paper and when starting to write it, it was only a matter of putting it into paragraph or sentence form. The only thing I would change about the pre-writing activities is I wish I would have made my web a little more complete with better detail because I am finding that is where I am struggling.
I felt that the peer editing experience was well worth it. I really liked getting insight from another student's point of view and fortunately I had Alec peer edit mine and he was very critical which is what I needed. I would not say I gained a whole lot though peer editing his paper though because he was writing about things I had no idea about and often found myself confused but I believe that's because Alec writes at a much higher level then me or just simply tries to get me lost in his work. The feedback definitely helped with my revisions because it really helped me strengthen my detail, my thesis, and transition my paper. I don't really think you could do much more to better the peer editing process.
I do believe I have much more weaknesses then strengths but I feel that my main strengths are my sources because I have multiple citations that are included in my paper, my topics, and the way my paper transitions. Also I feel my overall content is not bad. My weaknesses of the paper are definitely lack of detail and grammatical errors. I have always been rather short with my writing and never cared to expand upon my topics so I must work on that this last draft. Also I must work on my work cited page and I could use a stronger title. The most important thing that I will focus on for my final essay definitely the detail of each individual topic and in my thesis statement.
