Three Issues I Keep Having in My Writing
1. Stupidity issues. (AKA not looking over work again before final submission)
I’m being serious here! On one of the first quizzes we ever took, the correct answer was B –which I circled– and then wrote A on the answer line. Oops… On Quiz 17, I edited the article perfectly, except I misspelled “Gogh” of Theo van Gogh by writing “Goph.” I know looking over writing before you submit it is not a DIRECT issue with my writing, but I certainly believe that in terms of getting points deducted from assignments in this class, this is surely one of the top issues to affect my grades with writing assignments.
2. Wordiness.
Example: Using wordy phrases such as “most simple stated” in the rough draft of my feature story project.
3. Using past tense with radio writing.
Example: In homework for 4/8/10, I opened up my 9.1 radio writing assignment by saying “The morning Police Chief Clayton Wheat spoke at a press conference…” *note: past tense is bolded
4. Extra credit cockiness– speaking of which, I consider this an “extra credit” issue.
For example, after Jeopordy, I think I got a big head when it comes to receiving extra credit. My group was convinced we would get all 6 points for the lead exercises we did in class Tuesday, when, in fact, we only got the first one… OOPS. Okay so I’m kind of kidding here– I think confidence in your writing is NECESSARY in order to write a good lead quickly. I just got angry with myself for not maintaining a perfect extra credit record after Tuesday’s class and thought I would share. 🙁 haha
*additional note: I apologize for the wordiness in my description of #4… did you catch that? I did it on purpose!
… Actually, not really. At least I noticed it though– by LOOKING OVER MY ASSIGNMENT BEFORE SUBMISSION — he, hem, #1… 🙂