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Hits and Misses

I have had many hits and misses in the school year 2017-2018. Some of my hits included my personal narrative and my free posts for my blogs. Something about getting to choose what I get to write about is so much simpler to me. I do not need to cite or read very much before I write about whatever topic I choose. I always tend to want to write on these. I feel like the reason for these "free writes" my writing flowed so much easier and I always had something to write about.

On the other hand I had so much trouble on my literary analysis and writing about the book we were reading about on my blog. I think having to cite and think back to very specific details that did not happen to me made it more difficult to write, so I constantly had writers block. Overall, I feel like I had a fair amount of hits and misses throughout the year that made me a much stronger writer.

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  1. Ellie SMay 2, 2018 at 5:28 PM

    I have similar hits and misses as you! I also struggled with the literary analysis as specific details made it hard.

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