Graded – Typology Paper

Feedback

Break up sentences and paragraphs more. too looooooong

Do more than 1 round of editing/proofreading before settling on a final copy

Export from Google Docs as PDF instead of .word — formatting messes up (margins)

Follow APA more closely — bibliography “access info,” heading format, block quotes

Good introduction! Clearly states the purpose of paper

GO more in depth about how I came to my numbers–discuss how I administered survey/chose people/etc.

Put graphs and tables after they are cited in the paper, even if it’s on the next page or farther away.

Ask about breaking up paragraphs for visuals?

My Thoughts

Okay, well I got a 100 on this paper, but I’m sure it’s just because I can string two words together and I covered everything on the tiny checklist/rubric. This wasn’t a great paper. It was fine–I had some good ideas in it, particularly diving people into millennials and baby boomers and my explanation of different people using libraries for different purposes. And my introduction was fairly strong. Conclusion I think was alright, but I wasn’t very focused in this paper. I didn’t have my thoughts together before I started, and they never really fully formed and connected when I was writing. I feel like I was trying to prove two different things at the same time: people use libraries for different reasons AND people use libraries for checking out fiction book. I still think both are good points to make, but I needed to transition better from the first two the second. Like people go to the library for lots of reasons, but the biggest common reason is fiction.

I also think I need to organize myself better and make essay writing more of a long-term thing. I get caught in my head with conflicting ideas and confuse myself. Then when I’m ready to edit and submit, my editing doesnt work very well because I’m burnt out and Ive already read the paper like a million times while writing. IDEALLY: I should finish my draft of the paper 4-5 DAYS before the deadline so that I can come back after a day or so and do a round of editing. then possible one more after that and submit. I need breaks from writing.

• My brain tells me that I’m better doing it all at once and that I work well under pressure, and maybe that’s true in some ways, but I KNOW that I can write better than this if I would just give myself the chance to do it!

Note: I thought before I started writing that it would be impossible to come up with 1000-1500 words on the topic, but it turned out really easy. There was TONS of information I could have included–I wonder what my classmates did because some of them literally put every single result in their paper and still had trouble with the length. Not sure how that worked. I need to not be so intimidated by word count–it’s easier than it seems. I just need to make a plan. I did try to outline and plan this one, but I need to really get all my thoughts together even more for the next one and leave room/time for multiple edits. Have a SOLID outline and dont stray from it when writing!

I’m glad this paper’s over. It was extremely stressful. I feel like now (plus having done the infographic and presentation) I’m in more of a “hey I’m in school learning things!” mindset. Hopefully this helps me with the rest of the work in this class at least.

I don’t know if I’ll go back and edit this paper… active learning says that I should, but…. man I really don’t want to.  Maybe when I’m ahead of the timeline in this class ;D