My Reviews

Upon reading my first review for this class, I noticed a certain formality that seems to be less present in my later writings. The vast majority of what I had written previously had been various essays and term papers, which I have now learned, are developed differently than something like a review. In my early reviews I was not as conscious of the word count. It was fine to use several words in the place of one, because I was not used to having an exact word could that I had to be at. In later writings I have tried to get my points across in as few words as possible, while still retaining a certain level of formality.

In my early reviews there is a tendency to announce what is going to be written out in the following paragraph, as one would in a formal paper. This is something that I still struggle with, but it has gotten at least somewhat less noticeable in recent works. This is something that was learned from writing traditional essays, and things of that nature.

Many of the changes that I have made in my writing style have been difficult, because they go against what I have spent the majority of my academic career learning about. That is not to say that this new style of writing lacks any formality or properness, I am just writing for a different audience not than I have before. I believe that adopting this new style of writing will improve my writing as a whole, and that I will be a stronger writer for it.