Typing with Taryn

In paper #1, I spoke about Queen Elizabeth’s death. I would say I put the most effort into the researching process as a whole. Knowing the Queen passed away was common knowledge, but learning more about her reign and the country as a whole was quite interesting. The paper only required three sources, but I ended up reading many more articles about the topic. By knowing more information, I feel as though I can give a proper opinion. 

I wish I had spent more time learning about the current effects on the nation. I was able to read a lot about her ruling and all of the impact she had, but was not successful in researching what will happen in the future. Since a lot of questions are in the air, it was difficult to find much information on what will definitely happen for the country’s future. I was able to ask my roommate, Kirstin, about the topic which helped greatly since she is from England. 

I would say the most difficult part about writing this paper was properly formatting it. I had so much information about the topic, I was not sure where to start and in which direction I wanted the paper to go. After my rough draft meeting, I was able to create an idea of what I wanted my final paper to look like. I decided to make a list of everything the paper talked about and write down what order the topics should be in. After doing this, I was able to format my paper in a way which I was content with.

The biggest problem I encountered was making sure my paper seemed like a “standard” newspaper article. I know in my previous News Comment assignments I had struggled with summarizing rather than stating my opinion, so I made sure to do both of these things in the paper. Making sure I was successful with this issue came after my Rough Draft meeting. I decided to look over my paper and ensure that it had all of the information I felt I needed.