Edwin+Stanfield+-+Final+Project+Reflection

The final project was assigned and we were given the task of stating the relevancy of video games in today’s society. Essentially, we had to summarize our viewpoints from this semester and back everything up with research and reasoning. I actually had an extremely hard time beginning the essay as I did not know where to start exactly, but I knew video games had a major influence on our society. One day while listening to music, it just dawned on me that the answer was simple. The industry’s effect on our economy, children, and social behaviors are greatly influenced today. I decided to start with my introductory paragraph, but as I came to the thesis, I was back to having a brain cramp. This prompted me to jumping to the body paragraphs and then bouncing around to the conclusion, which resulted in the thesis essentially writing itself. I tackled a page per day and the essay was done before I knew it. I followed up with a day of ignoring the essay and returned to the essay a couple days later to edit my writing. I was actually quite impressed during revision because when I thought back to when I was writing it, I had writer’s block a good bit of the time. This has most definitely been my favorite way to complete essays, since I do not feel burdened or overwhelmed with assignments. Over the course of the year, my writing style has become better in the sense that I can write improved essays in a shorter amount of time and my technique has been improved so that I do not have to write in a sequential order. I have found this to be most effective in producing an excellent essay.