Metacognition: Web of History.

For the most recent writing project “Web of History” I was originally going to write about my experience in freshman year english. i had a few rough ideas about how I was going to write the thing but I couldn't get past a problem that doomed the piece before it was even started. There was no way I could write the essay without it turning into a three page bash of the teacher. The teacher was in no way goo, as a matter of fact she was probably the worst teacher I have ever had and would very much enjoy writing three pages of complaints but  if i did it would be a sullen and rotten piece of writing that would accomplish nothing. So I threw those ideas away and thought of the only other class that could qualify for the essay, US history. While this wasn't nearly as bad (all be it not good) a class but I knew that I could make it flow much better in an essay.

               After I had my topic class chosen I simply started writing it in my own voice. The key to this was that it was me talking and that it wasn't restricted to a format deemed mandatory by old men who call themselves MLA. After I had my voice I put in some humor making it easier for the reader to read and relate. I feel as if this made the essay better as a whole and made it more fun to write. It also allowed a smoother transition into the meat or content of the essay. In past MLA essays they transition would always be clunky; with the free writing essays they have more of a flow. The content was my mind on a soap box telling others how it should be done. This was particularly enjoyable as it satisfied my narcissistic tendencies.

               If I could rewrite this essay I would start sooner and give up on flawed ideas sooner allowing more time to spend on the actual essay. The end product was a little bit rushed and suffered in quality from it. The other major improvement would be more work on conciseness, taking out the unnecessary bits and improving the good parts.