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Question: Write about a paper (any paper) you have written in the past. What was your process when writing the paper? (Did you have music playing in the background, did you write the paper the night before, did you outline or just start writing, etc.) What “type” of paper was it? (Creative piece, research paper, lab report, book report, etc.?) What do you feel is the difference between editing and revising?

Response: When I write papers most often I will put on my favourite homework music (Billy Joel). It is upbeat but relaxing and really helps to motivate me. Music really helps me to get inspired, there is nothing inspiring to me if I am sitting in a silent room.I am an awful procrastinator therefore, most of my papers are written at last minute unless I am really passionate about my topic. My best paper though, was expanding on a shorter essay in my ENG103 class about "America, Right or Wrong". The subject I chose was the controversial topic of gay marriage, since this is an important subject to me I spent a lot of time on it rather than procrastinating. When preparing for the paper I knew it would be an argumentative essay and was given guidelines such as using factual, emotional, and moral reasons to back up my argument. Each of these reasons were backed up by many sources and personal opinion. The paper, I feel, was good representation of how I feel about the topic and will hopefully cause anyone that reads it to think more about the topic. I feel the the difference between editing and revising is that revising is a longer process and involves a lot of re-writing as where editing is making small little changes through out the paper.