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Chase Stodden

Professor Arnold

UWRT 1101-073

October 26, 201

!"dter# ePortfol"o Re$ect"on

% ha&e real"'ed that (r"t"n) "s a *rocess and the *rocess re+"res ste*s

.ach ste* b"lds o/ the *re&"os one, bt the nal *a*er ("ll onl be as )ood

as "ts (eaest ste* efore th"s class, (hen % (old start a *a*er % (old

4#* r")ht to the 5draft of the *a*er, bt reall the draft (old be # nal

("thot an "n&ent"on (or, *lann"n), or ed"t"n) and % (old #ae * "t all

* % d"d th"s becase the co#*le"t of # *re&"os (r"t"n) class (as 'ero

ot of ten and no e/ort (as needed

After se&eral (ees of ha&"n) a d"/erent (r"t"n) corse that re+"red

etra attent"on, % ha&e started to real"'e that *lann"n) "s necessar as (ell as

a 5sh"tt rst draft ! least fa&or"te *lann"n) techn"+e that % nd the #ost

e/ect"&e for #self "s t"#ed bra"nstor# (r"t"n) allo("n) all of # tho)hts to

be (r"tten do(n on *a*er and lt"#atel hel*"n) ("th (r"t"n) # draft % no(

reco)n"'e that ("th )ood *lann"n) co#es for an eas"er t"#e (r"t"n) a rst

draft, (h"ch "s the )oal W"th all of that sa"d % bel"e&e that the "n&ent"on (or

and the *lann"n) "s the #ost "#*ortant *"ece "nto (r"t"n) a )ood *a*er, "t "s

the fondat"on

So#eone cold ha&e the best *lann"n) "n the (orld, bt "t (old not

#atter ("thot the ed"t"n) and the &"e( of another *erson Peer re&"e( "s a

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#st for a )ood *a*er % ha&e been able to tae other *eo*le8s ad&"se and

cr"t"c"s# and a**l "t to # essa8s, bt # ed"t"n) s"lls for so#eone else8s

*a*er "s lac"n) % nd "t hard to see $a(s "n so#eone8s (or, bt o&ert"#e

that ("ll chan)e %t ("ll "#*ro&e b read"n) and ed"t"n) #ore (or

W"th t(o essas do(n so far, % can see # (eanesses *rett clearl,

bt # stren)ths are st"ll &a)e for #e to see As % (r"te, % not"ce that one of

# #a"n "sses "s that the $o( of # essas needs (or % tend to str))le

("th ho( to or)an"'e th"n)s (hen (hat %8# (r"t"n) "s not ha**en"n)

chronolo)"call, bt e&en "f % do or)an"'e correctl % str))le ("th end"n)s

The end"n)s are &er "#*ortant and hel* (ra* a *a*er * Altho)h % (old

not call "t a stren)th, one (eaness that % tho)ht % had at the be)"nn"n) (as

sentence strctre, bt after (r"t"n) a lar)e a#ont o&er the *ast #onths %

see that % a# "#*ro&"n) on that *art"clar *ort"on of (r"t"n)

Another (eaness of #"ne "s len)th % ha&e troble elaborat"n) and

)o"n) "nto deta"l on both s#all and b") "deas ("th"n a *a*er % nd #self

be"n) short and to the *o"nt, (h"ch can be )ood at t"#es, bt "t hrts #e as a

(r"ter as (ell e"n) short "n an essa "s not )ood for the ad"ence and after

all, "t "s all abot the ad"ence %n # fond )enre essa, % feel "t "s too short

and does not )o too far "nto deta"l, bt % sa"d e&erth"n) abot for#al lab

re*orts "n a fe( a#ont of (ords (h"ch lea&es #e ("thot an th"n) #ore to

(r"te abot