As an essay writer, I like everyone else, have strengths and weaknesses when it comes to writing a paper. A strength that I feel I have, is the ability to use an appropriate level of language that is both simple enough for everyone to understand, but not so simple that it would jeopardize the quality of the paper. I tend to write with the same style of wording that I use to speak with, which helps my essay become fluent and easy to understand. I also find re-reading the paper a few times helps with the fluency, as you may catch errors that were previously missed. Another strength that I feel that I have is the ability to create a strong and thought provoking thesis. I would consider this a strength because once I have decided what it is that I want to write about, I find it to be somewhat easy putting the pieces of the thesis together similar to that of building a puzzle.
Contrary to my strengths, I feel that my weaknesses include struggling to be able to meet the quantity of information asked for by the teacher. I continuously find myself falling short of the desired amount of words for the set word count. A goal that I would like to set for myself is to strive to expand on the depth and amount of research that I do in preparing for a paper that is related to the topics that are relevant in my essay. By remembering the three Es; expand, extend, and elaborate and using them to guide my writing process, I could rely on this approach to help me solve my problem of falling short of word counts while writing essays. If I conduct sufficient research and find useful information on the topic it will allow me to expand my thoughts and help me to reach the set goal.
