First Multi Draft Conference

My first multi-draft conference with Dr. Sprouls didn't go exactly how I planned. Thinking that I had written a pretty decent essay, I went into class optimistic. She helped to point out to me that my paper was far from perfect. However, I definitely realized after a few minutes that Dr. Sprouls was absolutely right. My paper was very spotty; I strayed from topic to topic far too often. I did like that the negative issues of my essay were brought to my attention. Too often I am too proud of my own work to see errors, which is why proofreading, peer evaluation, and conferences such as these are essential to writing a complete and satisfactory work. I thought that she was fair in her criticisms, pointing out that my thesis had nothing to do with the rest of the essay. It is pretty hard to refute a concrete observation like that. Hopefully when I turn in the final draft I have improved my work so that it stays on one issue, and each component of it contributes to the work as a whole. The conference was very fair, and I have much improving to do.