During my freshman year, I visited the Writing Center three times, each time being for a paper. The first time I went, I was writing my literary analysis for the Lord of the Flies, a book made by William Golding. My problem with this paper was the thesis and the points, pretty much meaning I messed up in writing the entire paper. The writing fellow who helped me in revising this said that I would have to restate my thesis in order for it to make sense, and make stronger arguments to connect to the thesis. My 2nd meeting was for my research paper. The research paper was a huge assignment given to me by Dr. D and Dr. Kuhn, my English and World History teachers. They said that I could choose any topic that I wanted and say why that event was important to World History. This paper unfortunately had a terrible outline, so I had to write out my paper with more description than arguments. I went to the Writing Center in order to learn how to write my paper properly, not wanting to make the same mistakes from my literary analysis.
The Writing fellow that helped me said that I should be using transition sentences to connect the paragraphs together. He said that I should also restate my main points and end with a good wrap up sentence in order to make a good conclusion. My final visit to the Writing Center was for a World War Comparison essay. This essay was to write about the causes or consequences of both World Wars and how they were different or the same. I wanted help on a better conclusion because I couldn't find a good transition sentence. The writing fellow that helped me not only helped me find a good conclusion, but also helped me revise a couple of points that were connected to the thesis. I was glad that I went to the Writing Center. If I didn't go, I probably would've failed all three papers.
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