Celibel Capellan

Prof. Ewan

FIQWS

03-11-2019

Getting It Over With

Writing a literacy narrative is something that I did not know how to write until now. Yes, it’s just a story based on a piece of writing or book that had impacted or helped you in some type of way. But even with knowing that, trying to get something on paper and still manage to make it understandable was something I struggled with in this assignment.

At the beginning, I started rocky and disorganized. I confused the due dates of the paper leading me to have a horrible first draft that did not meet the minimum page requirement. In the first draft everything was a mess and I just wrote anything that popped in to my head. I wanted to have at least turned something in even if it did not meet the requirements. When it came to reviewing our drafts with a partner I got so relieved knowing that I would get some help on how to do this narrative. Knowing that my draft was all over the place I got scared wondering whether or not my partner would be able to understand what I was trying to say but the suggestions or advice that they gave me helped me figure out how to organize and format my final draft.

Considering that at the beginning I confused the due dates of my drafts, I started doing my final draft as soon as possible. I did not want to make a repeat of what I went through when doing the first draft. Before starting to type I knew I had to collect my thoughts and review my first draft in order to have a understandable narrative. In that time of thinking and reviewing I managed to come up with several reasons to write about. In my first draft, the reasons for how the book impacted me were not clear and understandable but after reviewing and organizing things, I was able to expand on the books impact. Those impacts or reasons were explained in a way that people could understand what I wanted to get through.

Once the final draft was done there was a great change in my writing when you compare it to my first draft. In the first draft you will notice how certain sentences would not make any sense because of how they were phrased. If someone were to read it they would notice how rushed and unclear the draft was, which in all honesty, it was. I wrote the draft from A to Z. As for the final draft one would notice how clear and understandable it is. Sentences were easier to read and understand compared to the first draft. It was more organized where the reasons flowed well with each other. It was also straightforward and direct unlike the first draft that was all over the place. In short, the final draft was planned out better than the first draft.

Even though my final draft came out better than my first draft, there were still things I struggled with while doing it. One of those struggles was adding commas. When writing the draft I kept using my introductory letter as a reference of where not to add commas. I was scared of getting a lot of  comma splices like I did on my letter. But in the end I barely added any commas because of that fear.

Overall, the process of doing the literacy narrative drafts was an interesting journey. I did not expect starting so horribly because of my disorganization and stress. But I enjoy learning from my mistakes and noticing how my writing looks when I do not spend enough time doing it. Hope you enjoy reading my final draft and seeing some improvements in my writing compared to how it was in my introductory letter.