Out of the three essays that I have composed over the past semester, I have decided to write a revision plan on the first one, which was titled “Portrait of a Writer.”  This essay was the first English paper that I have composed in college.  My overall grade showed for it; it was the lowest grade I have ever received on a paper.  To be honest, the reason it was my worst one despite the fact that it was my first was probably because I did not receive a lot of feedback from the instructor.  Sure, I turned in rough drafts, but I failed to meet up with him and did not walk to his office to discuss the paper.  I was lazy to sum it all up.  I believe that one of the reasons that it failed was the structure of the essay.  After reading it over yesterday, I realized that the paragraphs did not flow, I did not have a wrong thesis, and the words used in the composition were elementary.  I failed to use adult vocabulary.  Besides the choppiness of the essay, I failed to reread the paper after writing it.  I did not incorporate the advice given to me by the peer revisers and the teacher into my final draft.  I also only visited the writing center one time after they told me to visit at least twice.  To sum everything up, I thought it was a good paper, so I did not waste my time on it.  I thought that college writing was comparable to high school, and I paid the price for it.  I am thankful for taking Mr. Hamilton’s writing course; it helped open my eyes to college writing and also forced me to become a better writer.