Journal 2: Prompt

When writing project 1, I felt that I improved most on the fluidity of my essay and overall content. The more I reviewed my essay, I noticed what made my writing choppy in some areas and I was able to think about how to correct it. Likewise, the more I read over my content, the more ideas I came up with to elaborate on some of my major points. The most important thing I learned from this project was how beneficial peer review can be. Between the first, second, and third draft, I noticed the largest improvement after the peer review for my second draft. It helped guide me with what I was missing and reach the goal I was striving for with my topic. If I had another week to work on this essay, I would focus on connecting back to the different genres more and clarifying the differences between them. I felt that I achieved this in my writing, but it could have been more in depth. If I could rewrite the project prompt in the syllabus, I would change the fact that one movie had to be before 2000 while the other had to be after. If this part of the prompt were altered, I would have had more comparison ideas to use. I understand the reasoning behind it though because the time difference allows you to notice distinct differences between the movies.