Norton Ch 24, Ch 25
So, sometimes we write for ourselves. We journal or blog, maybe other people will see it, but our primary
concern is expressing ourselves.
Sometimes our self-writing is our course notes.
The more, the better on self-writing, pre-writing activities.
Assessing Your Writing:
What parts work?
What parts don’t work?
Where is more needed?
Where is less needed?
Then:
did I fulfill my purpose?
did I consider my audience and meet their needs?
did I follow the genre and its key features?
did I make my stance clear?
What was my thesis statement?
Does it appear clearly in my essay?
Did I provide an introduction that is interesting and flows well into the thesis?
What were my supporting details?
Did I use transitions between body paragraphs?
Are my supports relevant and adequate?
Did I sum everything up, restate my thesis, leave the reader feeling I had tied up loose ends?
Do I have a catchy, relevant title?
Revising:
Having looked critically at your essay, made notes on what needs fixing, begin to fix the piece.
Are the transitions smooth and clear?
Is the thesis statement obvious?