Do I Know What I'm Doing?

    The micro-theme assignment was very difficult for me. How in the world was I supposed to chose only one question about a topic that I care about? There is so much wrong with the world and only focusing on one thing was a big thing to tackle. 

   
     I came up with the idea for my first draft during our free write. If you don't do it, who will? An extremely broad and open question. I struggled to write my first draft and I didn't understand why. I think that I am so used to being told exactly what to write and strictly following a rubric. I'm not used to wiggle room. I'm not used to not taking a stance on a certain issue. I'm not used to being open-ended. I enjoy knowing the facts and proving my point with specific evidence. I did not like writing and rewriting and writing again because I realized that I was being biased. I realized that my question was way too broad and wouldn't help me meet all the criteria for the assignment. 

    I scrapped the entire thing and changed my topic. Why do we strive for perfection? Not exactly controversial or a problem around the world, but it's a problem for me. I think too much about being perfect and think even more about not being perfect. I had a much easier time writing my second draft with my new and improved question. It just made more sense to me. Perfection is impossible, so why do we continue to reach for it? In my second draft I sort of solved my problem without realizing it and again, had to revise. Revise, rewrite, rewrite, revise. After all, writing is revising...

    Overall, this writing assignment was difficult. It took a lot of deep thinking and questioning and I wasn't used to doing that. It wasn't a linear experience and honestly I'm glad it wasn't. If I wasn't challenged writing about something that I care about then I would think maybe I don't  care as much as I thought I did.