Self-Assessment

Blogs are something I have heard about for quite some time, yet I never imagined I would ever be writing not one. Since my first post to the most recent, I believe that they meet the rubric criteria overall, nevertheless there's still room for much improvement. Finding a foundation to write upon isn't too hard for me with the help of research, however I feel that I can still improve my writer's voice to encompass what it means to blog and stray a bit away from the traditional expectations of academia. This is perhaps my greatest worry when writing my posts. I face some internal stress over writing in the correct manner and balancing the way I'm inclined to write with a more appropriate approach to my audience. While my posts aren't necessarily bad, I feel that I haven't truly grasped the writer's voice of a blogger.

Writing is something that comes naturally to me, at least the ideas and what I wish to share, but organizing in a cohesive manner still takes some time. That is why I do put effort into my work -as I do with all my assignments- and always look to improve. Taking that into mind, I am also not the biggest fan of writing so I admit that I could in fact do better and put a greater effort in my writing. Procrastination plays a huge factor in that and has become something I regularly do with almost all my assignments, but I will say that I make sure to turn them in on time, even if right before the deadline. Unfortunately, that also means that I don't spend too much time reviewing and revising my blog posts. In terms of grammar mechanics, and readability I believe they have all been well as it's something I do make sure to fix before submitting, but I believe that something could always be improved or be done better.

Blogs are open to the public and I can see where one can become weary of having our writing exposed to everyone, but I personally don't feel too concerned about the posts we've done so far. Most of them have been informational and they haven't been too opinionated, so I feel okay, and I also don't have major concerns over my writing overall. A helpful discussion in class would be over how to incorporate your voice through writing as best as possible to stem away a bit from the formality of traditional essays and other typical classroom writings. 

I've learned a lot from blogs since the first post and it turns out that I have underestimated how useful blogs can be as well as engaging. There's so much embedded in blogs to make it well-written, credible, and attractive to its readers. A new perspective of blogs has been opened to me and while I'm still new and still learning, they have become very intriguing.