E - Portfolio 7

Writing in university is very different from the writing I used to produce back in high school. The variation comes from the amount of information to be included in a report or essay. The style of writing is also dissimilar in terms of professionalism. There were two main points that I had to improve on so that I could produce work that was on par with university standards.

The first and main aspect of my writing that I had to change was the amount of solid hard evidence in my writing. I used to express my opinions and relied more on creativity rather than stating the plain facts. I learnt that in university, it is the hard evidence that counts, and not your style of writing. To improve this I had to do more research in finding proper evidence and restrict my opinions to a certain limit.

The second point that I had to improve on was my organization of ideas. When writing university work, one has to organize their writing in the easiest and most chronological way possible. This makes it easier for people to efficiently read through your work without getting lost. This is a good practice for future reports that I have to produce when working. Improving this was the most time consuming for me, but was the most rewarding, as it significantly improved my grades. To develop my organization of ideas I had to write my ideas on a rough paper, organize them chronologically and relevantly before writing the actual draft.

The methods to continually improve my writing techniques is to keep in mind the lessons I learnt during EG1471, and to always ask what the goal of the report or essay really is. The key is to never drift from the topic and to always present relevant sources in a chronological way.