energy and place project
sense of place writing
Henry david thoreau writing
my writing goals
A goal for this year for me is to make my writing more concise, but more convincing and have more power. I feel like in my past I have had a tendency to write too much, when I don't necessarily need to. This is known as streamlining, I did a bad job of streamlining in my first draft of my Henry David Thoreau essay when I said,
"We see concrete examples of this belief that was so important to Henry, and the belief that he held so strongly".
Revised: "We see concrete examples of this belief that Henry held so strongly".
Another goal that I have set for myself is for me to be able to avoid using bias in my writing so much, However, I do not have an example of this in my Henry David Thoreau Essay. I have found myself to be extremely biased in some of my starters and other writing assignments. I get frustrated when other people are biased in their writing, and I feel like I have been a hypocrite and I am going to try and change that this year.
My 3rd goal for my writing this year is to elaborate my word choice to leave less of a gap of understanding for the reader.
Original Thesis:
There are many things that we can take away as a whole from Thoreau’s life, and one of the biggest things that we can gather is the push for individualism.
New Thesis:
There are many values and philosophies that we can take away as a whole from Thoreau’s life, and one of the biggest things that we can gather is the push for individualism. Throughout Thoreau’s drive for individualism he spoke out against the norms of society, and did so civilly. He spoke out against what war does to humans.
"We see concrete examples of this belief that was so important to Henry, and the belief that he held so strongly".
Revised: "We see concrete examples of this belief that Henry held so strongly".
Another goal that I have set for myself is for me to be able to avoid using bias in my writing so much, However, I do not have an example of this in my Henry David Thoreau Essay. I have found myself to be extremely biased in some of my starters and other writing assignments. I get frustrated when other people are biased in their writing, and I feel like I have been a hypocrite and I am going to try and change that this year.
My 3rd goal for my writing this year is to elaborate my word choice to leave less of a gap of understanding for the reader.
Original Thesis:
There are many things that we can take away as a whole from Thoreau’s life, and one of the biggest things that we can gather is the push for individualism.
New Thesis:
There are many values and philosophies that we can take away as a whole from Thoreau’s life, and one of the biggest things that we can gather is the push for individualism. Throughout Thoreau’s drive for individualism he spoke out against the norms of society, and did so civilly. He spoke out against what war does to humans.