This week we spent a lot of time this week revising and editing our work, starting with the poem analysis and then moving to our personal creative writing. It was difficult at first to figure out how to critique my own writing unless I just completely hated the whole thing (my poem analysis) in which case I just wanted to write that I didn't like the whole thing. It was hard to pinpoint certain things I liked about my poem analysis because I certainly am my biggest critic and could list off things I hated but struggled to think of things I thought I did well. Ben helped me pull some things out that weren't the worst, but it took me a while to search for and find things I felt good about. With my own creative writing I still found it quite hard to critique because other than spelling errors and minor grammar mistakes, it wasn't something I threw together it was a story I had written, I almost felt like I needed someone elses input because I didn't know what to say about my own story. This week was a challenge because I am not the best at critiquing myself without just telling myself it sucks, it was helpful to work on and learn a way to critique myself in a way that can actually improve my writing. I can certainly still improve but it was a great start to bettering my writing skills, and being able to edit and critique my own work.
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