Paper #1 Reflection

The process of writing the paper was both a great learning experience and a long, thoughtful journey. One difficult part of the writing was process trying not to summarize. I seemed to really struggle in persuading people without letting them know a majority of what happened in the movie. The movie Miracle  is based off of a true story, so I wanted to include the important parts. Another thing that I thought was difficult was making my outline. I was constantly repeating what I wrote in my introduction and I knew that the flow of my paper was going to be off. I usually don't write that big of introductions and I feel like I gave away too much information in the beginning of my paper. I conducted my research on the internet and found a quote to connect the movie with my life. The end result of the paper did not turn out how I thought it would because I ended up connecting the movie with my life more than persuading someone to watch the movie. I unfortunately mixed up the topic at hand and my best effort was not showed. Time management skills need to be improved for me and I think I will write a thorough and better paper. Another part that I wasn't too fond about was how much I knew about the movie. Since I had so much knowledge with the movie, I felt I wrote too much about it. Our next paper will benefit me because I will have selected a topic that I know very little about, which will require me to do more research.