My Writing Process

My writing process could probably be better if I had more of a passion for writing. Half of the time I do not care or know about what I am writing, therefore half heart my work. My writing process lacks a couple of important steps at times but that is why it is my process.  If the paper or essay is about a book, then as I read I use post-it notes to mark the important spots that could help me in the process of writing my essay. In high school we were always given a few prompts, so I used different colors of post-its to mark the different themes or topics. Then I would go back through and see which topic I had the most on as well as the strongest points. Pre-writing almost never occurred unless it was an activity done in class. I never thought about it being an important step to writing a good essay but it could help later on, looking back on it. More than not I would make an outline. Sometimes my outlines were more in depth than others, it all depended on how much passion I had about the topic. Sometimes all I would have are my three main points and other times I would also include a good topic sentence as well as a couple quotes to be sure to add. As I wrote my essay, my draft was more like my final essay because I paid close attention as I wrote. Sometimes I had a hard thinking of a way to put my ideas down on paper because I felt very repetitive, which I did not like. Looking back, I notice it was easier for me to write when I had more of an outline of my essay which also meant I cared about it more. I can only remember a handful of essays that I went back and read through and revised. It almost never happens. I am lucky if I get to proofreading because by the time I finish all my paragraphs I am ready to be finished with the easy.