When I was first asked to brainstorm for this essay I thought I was good to go and that this essay was going to be pretty easy. I knew (at that time) that I wanted to write about how Bacon was the bad guy, and the Indians were the victims. So I put together my thesis and hypothesis and began my outline. At that point I was sure I knew exactly what I wanted to write, I thought I had it all planned out and that there was no way that I was going to have to re-do my thesis or even my entire essay. Aha, I guess I have a lot to learn about that. After I had my first rough draft done, I got to thinking after extra research and talks with fellow classmates, and I came to the conclusion that maybe the Indians weren't really the victims at all. I thought that maybe it just depended on how you looked at Bacon's Rebellion, and from what time era. I then realized that that was not AT ALL what I was portraying in my essay, so I nearly had to completely re-start my essay. At least I found out the majority of my mistakes in the middle of the writing process so I wasn't all panicked at the last minute while trying to re-write an essay over and over again two days before it was due. I am sure that I really benefited by the different drafts that I wrote, I have never written more than two rough drafts. Now I know how helpful those can be and in the future I am going to use those as much as possible. This essay was quite the learning experience.
One thing that I learned was that no matter how sure you are about how "right" your thesis is at the beginning of the writing process, it is ALWAYS subject to change. I would rather have to re-write my essay than realize that I have no argument at the last minute, so maybe next time I will take more time to develop my thesis and/or hypothesis. I will just have to keep a very open mind and explore all of the possibilities that I can, this will make my essay or writing a lot more credible. This was my first actual essay for this class and I will do nothing but get better from here on. This essay was the "guinea pig" (for lack of a better phrase) for my writing class, and now I am pretty sure I have a better handle of what I need to do and how this whole process works. I cannot wait to see how well I did on this essay, and then after the next essay we write, see how I did on that one. I am really excited to see my writing improve throughout this quarter. Hopefully this essay was the first of many stepping stones on my way to becoming the best writer that is possible for me. I really didn't enjoy writing this essay at first, but once I got used to the "They say/I say" part of it, I really enjoyed it. Its neat to see how far my writing has come in a matter of weeks. Overall, I think this was a pretty successful experience, and hopefully I will continue to improve and build upon it.
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