To be honest, my writing process for school really depends on how much I like the topic I am writing on. If it is a subject that I love, such as history, or if it for a teacher that I am trying to impress, like my history teacher, I will write and revise. Also, if it is an assignment that I will enjoy or am excited to write about, like a poem that we wrote for the last day of high school, I wanted it to be special and memorable. I revised it and reread it until I was happy with the finished product. But to tell the whole truth I like to write anything that has to do with me. :)
Unfortunately though, more often than not, I will write an essay or journal entry the night before it is due. I have this terrible habit of beginning my work at nine at night, just so I would feel the pressure to get it done. The problem is that I usually got tired and started to loose my focus around eleven. Then the assignment would turn out rushed and unrevised. This was usually for really big assignments that I put off until the last minute or for busywork assignments that really had no clear benefit. If the assignment has a clear purpose I will give it my all.
Usually for a long essay on a book or when I have to choose one writing prompt out of several, I will a web to organize my thoughts. I want to choose the subject that I know most about so that the essay can be as focused as possible. but if it a response paper, a journal entry, or strictly my opinion on one topic, I will just start writing.
My junior ans senior year of high school we did a lot of peer reviewing and it honestly helped. The reviews helped me clarify otherwise cloudy areas in my writing that were not focused. Overall, they helped me become a better writer. I learned to zero in on those spots in my writing where I what I wrote became hazy and unorganized. Sometimes though, when people didn't take peer reviewing seriously, they would tell you that your writing is fine when in reality it was not. So I think that peer reviewing is definitely beneficial, but only if the assignment is taken seriously.
Writing crots is different because other assignments usually have set rules, like a 500 word essay on masculinity in such and such book. With crots I can write about anything at all in all of my different communities so it is definitely more challenging.
I feel the almost the same way. Whenever I had to write a paper, the amount of effort I put into was almost completely dictated by how much interest I had in the topic. For subjects such as History and Psychology, I would almost jump at every opportunity I had to research and learn more about the topic. If not, I usually wait until the night before to write one word. I too have the problem of starting homework very late at night and then losing focus about thirty minutes later. After all, a girl does have to watch her Pretty Little Liars episode in order to keep up with the latest happenings.
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