My Writing Process

My writing and research process has completely diminished since I went to school at the U of M five years ago. I had always been very good in English classes in high school. I got to college, and I took two general English classes over the course of two semesters. They were tough as hell. (Logical fallacy?) ;)

I had a lot of trouble finding topics and writing my papers. I ended up learning a whole lot that year, solely because I focused so much of my time on that class. My writing process hasn't changed much over the course of ten years. I figure out my topic and just start writing ideas. I take those ideas and put them into some type of draft with key points. I then go off of those key points and find examples to solidify my points. After that, I just start putting it all together. I do a couple drafts and then find one that I'm happy with.

I'm usually pretty good with papers. Research papers scare me a little, though. There is false information everywhere on the Internet. It's also hard to cite correctly when using facts you find in research. I hate MLA/APA. I understand the necessity for it, but I want to punch it right in it's nose. There are so many rules! Ahhh!

I'm glad I found a topic I'm very passionate on for this paper. I'm doing my argumentative/research paper on gay marriage, which I could talk about for hours. The fact that I'm so passionate about this should make it a little easier for me to write five pages about it! :)