I found the assessment blocks to be very telling. I recognized certain characteristics that I've know about for quite some time. I don't procrastinate as much as I used to, but old habits die hard. I get anxious about writing and I build it up to be more complex than it really is in my head. But one of them really stuck out to me that I don't believe I've recognized before.
Writing for myself instead of my audience. Guilty as charged. I find it really difficult to produce something completely objective. I'm going to blame some of this on my major (political science), but I should be able to analyze information and explain it without placing my own opinions in it.
I always unintentionally insert my perception. I decide what the main points are. I select what's important and exclude things I consider irrelevant.
This doesn't pose a problem for one of the writing assignments I'm working on, but it does for another (which is a research paper on the role media plays during the policy making process).
Going forward, I know I need be mindful of what the assignment is instead of reconstructing it to accommodate the argument I'm trying to make.
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