Style

I feel that I do explain too much. I try to get my point across, but I think perhaps I could do this in a shorter fashion and remove the wordiness from my papers. This can go hand in hand with not overwriting. I think that if I edit my papers more thoroughly, I can rid it of a lot of redundancy and things that do not need to be stated, such as things like “she said” and “he said.” This goes against how I have always written, and that is to go into detail as if I am writing a paper to someone who knows nothing. This is something I will have to work on.

Another thing I need to work on is avoiding the use of qualifiers. I know that I use words like very and little quite a bit, and I think I could correct this if my words are strong enough to express what I mean. In doing this, I will have to avoid using fancy words by just using what is appropriate to the context I am writing about.

Other than that, I feel that I have heard most of these rules in the past, and try to implement them into my papers. I think revising and rewriting is the one thing I am best at. I always do this no matter what. I normally just sit down and write my rough draft, which is very rough. I then tear it up with a red pen, reorganizing and rewording things as I go along. I read it as if I am reading someone else’s paper. I think that keeping these rules in mind as I edit my work will go a long way in improving the quality of my writing.