I found this essay to be very challenging. The instruction of the original essay topic was much more hands off than it has been for the past two, causing me to lose key information in the first few days of working that I would have otherwise had. The research proved to be very difficult due to the criteria that you were required to find a magazine and research paper that were related to each other, while also being interesting to you and having a basis on which you could write about them. On the other hand, the engaged readings were very helpful in relation to this paper. The readings were related to the topics of revising and editing, with the explanation of the writing process and how everything happens when working through a paper. I found Anne Lamott’s reading to be especially interesting and applicable when I was working and editing my final paper. Another problem I found when writing this comparative analysis paper was the correct wording of a thesis statement that did not list the main ideas of the paper but still told you what the paper was going to be about more detailed than the other sentences in the first paragraph. The class presentations were a good edition to the process of this paper, but instead of two, I would have rather had a day to work on it in class, in place of one of the presentations. The whole process of finding certain ideas on which to base your essay was very difficult and time consuming, which is the whole purpose of the paper, but was still hard. When reflecting on this paper, the emphasis of things that I need to focus on and improve are my thesis statements, the main ideas and context behind the reason for the paper and using more evidence to deliver my point.