The Cover Letter

Dwight Scott

25 April 2012

English 1200-78

Mellisa Tetterton

Revisions on Project One/ Improvement in Writing Skills (Cover Letter)

For Project One a major revision I made was that I added clearly craft main points to the end of my introduction.  Before making revisions my paper was well written, but it lacked a flow because I did not state the main points I was going to talk about in my introduction.  Now that the main points are added to the paper, the paper is organized and easy to follow.  Another major revision made was that I had my thesis in the beginning of my second paragraph and I did not like where it was located in the paper.  Therefore, I moved my thesis into my introduction after my main points because I feel as if it not only fits in that part of the paper but it gives my audience a clear understanding of what I am going to talk about before they begin to read my body paragraphs.  The last major revision I made was going more in depth in most of the points I was trying to make throughout the paper.  For example, on page two I talk about one of my sources author which is Peter Singer and I said that he lacks credibility.  Yes, I made a great observation and noticed he lacked credibility, but did not really go in depth and explain why he lacked credibility.  However, when revising the paper I made sure to explain and go into depth of why he lacked credibility by stating that his audience has no idea where the information is coming from due to the lack of references and sources that Peter did not provide.  

In English 1200 I can say that I have not only learned a lot about writing, but I have also expanded my writing abilities.  This class was a great foundation class, so now when I take writing classes in the future I will be prepared and succeed.   All my life a teacher has never told me not to use contractions, but after taking this class I learned that “would not” is better than “wouldn’t”.  Also, I have always gave basic titles to papers, but this class taught me how to expand my mind and come up with more creative thoughts and titles because not only will it make the paper interesting, but it will catch the eye of the reader.  Last, I learned that when it comes to writing the main objective is to get straight to the point of what you want to talk about or prove rather than beat around the bush.  The reason for this is to cut out the use of unnecessary words and make the paper soar.  Overall, this was a great class and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their writing skills.