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The next day after I uploaded the draft, I went to the University Writing Center and
asked a tutor to review my paper and possibly mention something that I could
improve. The advice I got from the tutor was to check a dictionary while I am
writing, because he noticed various false cognates, which are defined as pairs of
words that are similar in form but have different roots. The reason why those were
in my essay is because I couldnt find the words to describe what I wanted to write
in English, so I traduced some words in Spanish to similar sounding words in
English, but these did not always have the same meaning. Therefore, whenever I
did this, it ended up being confusing and often was interpreted as something that
was not related to what I wanted to write.
The where and when I am writing is actually important to me because when I write,
I prefer doing so in a place I know I will not be interrupted frequently. This I
because if I do not concentrate when writing, I ameasily sidetracked. I prefer to
write and submit assignments early, so that I do not have to stress about them
when it is almost due.
One pattern that I have identified during my writing process is that I stop between
paragraphs to make revision. I noticed it various times during my recordings. I
check for grammar errors and sentences that could be improved. I do this to have
something to do while I am thinking on how to continue on the next paragraph. I
always try to have a larger amount of words than the minimum required, because I
often feel the minimum is not enough to express everything I want to write. I also
noticed that most of the time I write in silence.
When I was in high school, I was told that in an academic essay, I should have at
least three important points I should cover about the lecture or article that is being
analyzed. I was not in favor of this process because it seemed too strict a rule. I
still think that how many important points you make does not matter that much,
because the most important thing is understanding what you are writing about and
knowing how to develop that knowledge in written form.
I think most of these patterns are positive, but there are some I would like to
implement, and others I might try modifying or getting rid of. I am not sure what I
want to do about my habit of revising every paragraph. The way I see it, it has both
advantages and disadvantages. The advantages would be that I spend less time
on the revision of the entire essay and I correct errors that could possibly be
overlooked in the latter revision.
I would say that my writing process is almost the same as the one I described
during the Portrait of a Writer assignment, except for a few things that I did not
notice at that time. Until recently, I did not know what a false cognate was, and I did
not realize that sometimes I try to traduce Spanish words to English with the
purpose of filling in when I cannot find a word for what I am trying to say in English.