• How would you tell the story of your thinking? Did your views on any topic change during your writing process?
• At some point in your writing, did have to choose between two or more alternatives, such as sources, organization, or different ways to begin an essay? What were they, and how did you choose?
• What was the most difficult problem you faced while writing? How did you go about trying to solve it?
• Whose advice did you seek while researching, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing? What advice did you take, and what did you ignore? Why?
Present your essay in MLA format. You are not required to use sources other than your essays, but if you choose to use sources you should include correct in-text citations and a Works Cited page.
Purpose—Why are we writing this assignment? What does it matter? As the editors of our textbook, The Norton Field Guide to Writing, have observed, “All academic writing is part of a larger conversation” to which you are “adding your own voice.” The process of drafting, peer reviewing, revising, and editing your response to this assignment will help you learn how to consider your own writing processes to discover what works best for you as you add your voice to conversations.
