(Retroactive reflection 10.9.19) After being completely entranced by the first major essay I wrote for this course, on Amy Bender's An Invisible Sign of My Own, I found myself less excited to delve into this second essay. While I found many of our class discussions on Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine compelling, it didn't strike a nerve and inspire me in quite the same way. That being said, I fortunately still had my fundamentals to fall back on; I hadn't spend years learning and refining the art of academic writing for nothing. Below is the progression of my essay, from an initial draft, to a second version written based on peer feedback and a conference with my professor (fairly significant changes here; an exercise in both 'making it work' and 'killing your darlings' - this seems to be the eternal struggle of my academic writing career!), to the final version with my professor's comments. I was satisfied with the final product of this essay - but equally pleased with its completion because it was my final assignment of freshman year!!
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