ePortfolio/Reflection of College Writing 2

Now that week 15 is drawing to a close, I feel like I can conclude that the best paper I've written this semester is the documentary project. I enjoyed this class because it allowed much more freedom to write about a variety of topics, rather than being handed a rubric and being told what to say. For this project we had over a dozen options to choose from and I chose the documentary, Dinosaur 13.  I chose this documentary because to me, it sounded the most interesting and I was obsessed with dinosaurs when I was a child. I found it to be the most interesting because of my personal tie to the movie. My grandfather used to live in Montana during the span of time this documentary takes place and is actually a part owner of "Sue's"(the T. rex) jawbone. I have to admit the documentary was very long and often skipped between sit-down interviews and video reenactments so I watched the movie twice, in order for me to write down all the notes necessary to complete this project. Once I had all my notes written out, it was a arduous battle to turn my notes into proper sentences, and those sentences into paragraphs. The biggest struggle I had to overcome in this project was figuring out how to appropriately transition and start off new paragraphs in my documentary summary. (Summary)

In my style of writing, while I won't necessarily use pronouns, I feel like I write in a more personal/informal fashion, where for this type of paper, was a complete no-go. This project of creating a documentary summary had to be void of any personal opinion; the summary required a much more formal style, of which I was unused to writing. Even with a style of writing I was unused to I still feel as though it is my best piece of writing this semester. Now that the class is coming to a close, I am grateful for two things. For this class for opening me up to new styles of writing and also for the opportunity to learn under Dr. Kyburz, who I believe has made me a much better writer.