Daybook Entry Making Connections I think after revision, my topic and proposal draft is clearer and better worded.

I think my point actually shines through. I reworded my questions so that they were not just yes or no questions, and I better stated my topic so it wasnt a confusing bundle of fluff nonsense. I took all advice into consideration and in the end I followed all advice. Every suggestion kept leading to a better draft. The daybook entry I chose helped me to make many connections to class topics-conciseness, vitality, and group workshops. It best shows how all of them came together for me. It also ties back to a weakness I will mention in the Process tab that is drafting. This helps to connect to grammar problems, drafting problems, and vitality problems all in one.

Daybook Entry Epiphany I havent really thought about the contradiction side of my topic. Its such a positive discovery for humanity that I havent really thought about a negative aspect. I cant help but be stuck on thinking of a negative side to it. This particular piece shows where I wrote through a thought that I was stuck on, and I then it expanded my thought process so that I could take my topic into a new direction. Instead of looking at all the positive effects and basically doing a report, why not put a little heat into the discussion and show the negative side- something people dont really think about.

Daybook Entry Reflective Writing I definitely feel like I am a lot alike to others. I think that because of poor planning and no stress on the importance of writing in previous years, we -as a generation- are known to procrastinate composition. We discard it to the side until it is due. I think my personal writing style slightly differs from others due to my sarcastic, cynical tones. I dont like to write 5paragraph essays. I dont really know who does. That being said, myself along with my classmates are products of a dry, barren writing wasteland of a generation. Reflective writing- as used in our daybooks- helps you to write through thoughts. Its almost like word vomit on paper. No one really will enjoy reading it except the author; however, it is within these reflective writing scenarios in which the writer gets the wind under their wings. Reflective writing is a strongpoint of mine. Being that David Sedaris is one of my favorite authors, I can see how the books have influenced me. To me, reflective writing reveals an authors true identity. If you tell someone to sit and just write down what comes to mind based on a previous action of theirs - no editing, no grammar rules, no rules at all- I guarantee that it will show his/her writing

style versus giving them a structured assignment. It is within these moments that either the light bulb goes off and youre off on a roaring start to explain actions taken (or thoughts), or you have a bunch of thoughts on paper that in no way correlate. Either way, you come out winning. In my opinion, reflective writing is one of the most important skills an author can master.