1. 1. I write essays by thinking the paper through as I go along. Instead of making an outline on paper, I mentally prepare each paragraph in my mind and include all of the thoughts and points I needed. This allows me to include my own style into what I write, and it makes it less formulaic. I could utilize better managing my time in order to produce the best work I can. Also, I rarely go back and revise my work, and I know there are a few mistakes that Microsoft misses.

2. 2. It provides all of the information in general all at once, which would lower my stress levels in showing me that there’s not that much to do. Other than that, I do not use outlines to prepare myself, I feel my brain does well enough, and until I’m shown otherwise, outlines will remain omitted from my writing process.

3. 3. What should I cut? Sometimes I tend to be too wordy. I see it as my style; others see it as a sign of amateur writing ability. Have I avoided sexist language? I forget sometimes to not refer to a neutral subject as he and I need to be more aware of sexism in what I write. Have I used the active voice most of the time? I include this one because I see it so often in other student’s writing and would like to reiterate the importance of this rule. The passive voice is something that can kill a sentence if the writer uses it either too much or improperly.

4. 4. An exploratory paper is exactly what the name implies. It takes a topic and covers it from multiple angles in order to explore it thoroughly. It explains numerous opinions and stands on the topic to allow for a position/policy paper that attempts to answer the questions What should we do to fix this? or How can we improve this?

5. 5. In peer reviewing a student could exchange their paper with either a single other student or a group to really get a wide range of review. Peer reviews are helpful because they allow the writer to see how their audience might react to the paper. Also, the reviewers often catch mistakes that the writer missed completely, and once corrected, allows the paper to be as good as possible.