At the Writing Center

My writing center experience was neither great nor horrible. I found it somewhat useful, although I do think that I could have come to the same conclusions without the help of the writing center. When I went to my appointment, I wasn't exactly sure what thesis regarding disguise I was going to focus on. I had many different ideas and I explained my plan for each to the person helping me. We had a discussion about each, and I ended up combining two different ideas and molding them into one, focused thesis statement. Some of the comments I was given about the organization of my paper were not all that useful. The way the person I met with suggested I write it seemed a little bit boring, so after considering that organization as an option (he suggested I explore the sonnet and Twelfth Night in separate paragraphs and then tie them together), I decided to set it up differently (I explained both throughout the paper in the same paragraphs). After the conference, I fixed my thesis and made it more clear and precise. Instead of focusing on three of the characters in the play who were impacted by disguise, I focused only on Orsino. This allowed me to explore his character more thoroughly which made for a better paper.

Overall, I think I would have benefited more from this experience if I had more of the paper written instead of just the thesis statement and an outline of supporting paragraphs. I thought that would be enough material because I wasn't as concerned with organization as I was with the clarity of my thesis, but now I know to write more before I go next time.