My Writing Process

1. To be honest, I've never thought about what kind of writer I am, in fact, I didn't know there were descriptions that stated the different types of writer you can be. I'm not a huge planner when it comes to writing, I hate making drafts and I really don't like planning circles or whatever they're called. I'm the type of person that sits down, writes my heart out, reads it over a few times and hopes for the best. I guess I plan it out in my head before I write, but I don't tend to jot my ideas down and I defiantly don't enjoy rough drafts. To me, my rough draft only really contains grammatical errors, I don't usually add to my content much or change ideas because the first time I write, it tends to be how I want to submit it.

2. IF I had to pick which one of the "types" of writers I am, I would say that I'm mostly a procrastinator with a hint of heavy planning (depending on the assignment). When I say that I'm a procrastinator, I don't mean that I wait until the night before to write my essay, it just means that I don't typically plan or draft anything. I just sit down with a coffee (or five) and write my paper. I'll usually go over it by myself, or send it to a friend or professor to check it over, but for the most part I don't make any drastic changes. When it comes to planning, I usually just do it in my head because I know what I want to write about and I just add information as I go.

3. I love the fact that I'm not a "heavy reviser." I've never had to really find out what I want to say as I write and honestly in my eyes, that seems like a waste of time. I think it's much simpler to just sit down and write the essay than to write parts of it, go back, change it all, and repeat the same process over and over again until you can't read anymore. My writing process has always worked out for me! It's nice to just get it over with instead of dragging it out and stressing more about it. I usually get good grades on what I write, and I don't think that I'm the type of person to plan my essay for weeks at a time. I guess the only downside is that when I'm writing a long essay, I want so badly just to get it done that I will sit in front of my computer for hours and hours until it's basically finished. Sometimes, I'll wake up, bring my computer into my bed and just write, take a nap, write some more and then sleep again. I get sick of just sitting there for so long I have no desire to come back and change things or add to it once I feel like I've written what I was asked to write.

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4. I'm always open to trying new things. I think it would be good for me to maybe break my essay down a bit more so I can spread out the work load and put more thought into what I write. But if we're being honest, I'll probably stick to my ways until I find that it's no longer working out for me. Because why fix something that isn't broken?