Curricular Response
My specific writing goal for my Get Out paragraph was to avoid explaining too much of the plot and instead use specific examples of the film in a short one to two sentences in order to provide a foundation for my ideas. I chose this goal because in my writing, specifically from other literary paragraphs I have written this year, I often receive feedback that sometimes I accidentally explain too much plot that isn’t necessary to get my ideas across. I have trouble pruning my work and write too much instead of being concise and exact with the points I am trying to make within my writing. Having this as my writing goal supported me and provided a reminder to continue cutting out unnecessary wording and keeping my paragraphs brief but informative.
Core Competency Self-Assessment
Moving forward, a writing habit I have is writing too much and forgetting to read it over looking specifically for unneeded words that make my writing too long and less informative. To improve in this area, I will continue to prune my writing during the process as well as at the end of my final draft so that I am constantly pruning my work and hopefully will develop a habit in doing so in the future if I am repetitive and constant.