Personal Evaluation
So far in this class I am completing all of the assignments, getting stories published, and am on the right track to have fulfilled the requirements to make an A at the end of the semester. Through lectures and taking notes I am gaining tremendous insight about feature writing. Unfortunately, I have yet put all of the things that I have been learning into my stories. I haven't yet felt truly passionate about any of the things I am writing about, and that can be seen in the finished product. I am looking forward to the final story, the big one, because I will be writing about something I care about but also I have been thinking of interesting ways to incorporate a lot of the new skills that I've learned in class. I am probably going to do my final story in first person, but using a lot of dialogue, as well as being very descriptive so that I can put the reader right into the middle of the action. I am looking forward to writing this story. I am glad that I am taking this course, but part of me wishes that I had waited a semester or two until I had gained more basic writing and editing experience and had taken a few more JREM courses. Then another part of me is glad that I am taking the course this semester so that I can start developing these feature writing skills and put them to use in future classes. You see, I'm a bit torn. Overall, I am extremely pleased with the class and the content, but I am not so pleased with my personal contribution. I wish that my writing was better, but I guess I should be happy that it has at least improved a little.