Rough Draft vs. Final Draft

When first addressing the assignment of composing my rough draft for Essay 1, I noticed that I had a lot of opinions. When completing my final draft, I tried to find research or used my prior knowledge to attempt to support some of my ideas. I discarded one line of thought because I couldn't really tie it to the topic as well as I would have liked to. Additionally, I found that as soon as the assignment was given, I was already formulating my rough draft in my head and discussing it with someone else; however, I did not have the opportunity to immediately write down my thoughts which were "off the top of my head." What I tried to do instead was type up all of my initial thoughts and put them into some type of organized format (for the rough draft). In the final version, I tried to better organize, support, and expound on my initial thoughts.

Were I to have a set time to write my essay, as in when taking the FELE, I would probably approach the writing by first quickly brainstorming all of my thoughts about the topic. I would then jot down any research and researchers I could think of who address the topic. I would then either number my brainstorming thoughts in order of how I would organize it in the essay or write a quick outline based on my brainstorming ideas. I feel that this approach would work for me because I would be able to write my essay in a more organized fashion and I would have most of my thoughts already written down and would only have to expand on them and organize them in the actual essay.

I MADE IT!

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