Strengths & Weakness’ February 24, 2008

    In every paper there are certain things that you the writer feels like he or she is the best or very proficient at. These characteristics of writing vary for each person, and may change due to each paper or the type of paper written… This is true for myself.

My strengths within my writing and my paper is the strong actual base that I have found. I have found my information with a lot of research and interviews. My organizational skills that I have formed and became accustomed to using are also a strength that I have when it comes to writing a paper. The research that I am using is coming from a few scholarly journals but the larger part of my research is coming from well known people within the conspiracy world. The organization I have while writing my paper helps to keep me organized. While writing my paper I have a system to keep my sources in order, also when using books I book mark and highlight the information important to my paper. Both of these aspects are postitive and something I have come close to perfecting over the years/semesters of writing papers.

My weaknesses within my writing and my paper is procrastination. I know this is a weakness because as I am writing this short blog I have already been on youtube, myspace, iup email, postsecret, and facebook. Another weakness for my paper is how large of a topic I have chosen. When I first thought about my topic I was set on what I was doing, then as I was doing my research as well as my outline everything changed besides the main topic… as in my subtopics (things for which I am going to define and explain) changed. The procrastination and large over done topic are both things I need to fix and correct so writing my paper will be easier and go a lot faster. To fix these I should turn off my cell phone while working on my paper, and move away from other people in the room or turn off the tv. I also can look at what other researchers have done and find what I am most interested in, when it comes to 9/11.

So with every strength I have, there is a co-existing weakness. All four are important even the weaknesses, without them writing a paper and researching would not be as hard yet it would be less fulfilling. Each of these aspects work together to form my writing format. I hope to overcome and resolve my weaknesses soon. Hopefully being organized and prepared will allow me to.