Essay #1 Reflection

Based on my first essay, I realized that writing has levels of difficulties. In school, I have always learned to a format of a 5-Paragraph essay. What really made my writing difficult was to adapt to the They Say/I Say format. My writing process was a total different experience. I did not start on the introduction first but on my body paragraph which was something different from what I would normally do. This new format has taught me so much, and I feel like i experienced a great learning experience. Another tip that I learned is, the writing process could be as free as making a conversation with someone. Writing does not always need to be fact based with hard evidence. My first essay was writing about history. When i wrote about Bacon's Rebellion, I slowly realized that I did not need to only write down facts. There are more ways to bring out the Main Idea about the historical happenings. History can be written with your feelings and ideas towards the situation. Having quotes wont make your paper, your ideas and inputs does. Although history does need to be fact based, you could always add your own expressions into your writing. Overall, this paper on Bacon's Rebellion has taught me so much about formatting in general. There is no wrong or right way about writing, as long as you believe in your work, you are going on the right path.