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Essay writing and Areas of learning

I have started to piece my essay together and plan a structure... but in all honestly, I am crossing my fingers and hoping for the best!

Essay writing doesn't come naturally to me and I keep questioning myself if I have gone deep enough into my theories and research! The draft hand in date is starting to quickly get closer!

Here is a mind map I created a few weeks ago to try and choose my areas of learning... I have solidified two but I keep changing my mind on my third! In some respects there are so many areas of learning I could acknowledge in my practise, as all my training and during every professional contract I have learnt so many new things! Our practises are constantly developing!

Today I plan on chaining myself to a desk to get productive! 

Wish me luck x




 

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  1. Roanne CoxOctober 27, 2020 at 5:21 AM

    Good luck! Hope it starts to make sense for you. Love the mind map! I am with you on the changing my mind about what to talk about and wondering if I need to research more, but I'm thinking of it a bit like choreography where I can keep going back to it and changing it ! x

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  2. Emily SmithOctober 27, 2020 at 9:20 AM

    Its so hard to know that what your writing is correct or what they want to hear! I keep doubting myself! But I LOVE your idea of coming back to it like a choreography! so beautifully put!

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    1. Roanne CoxOctober 27, 2020 at 10:35 AM

      Honestly if I knew what they wanted I'd tell you haha! Glad you like it, hope it helps! x

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  3. Alice PettiniOctober 28, 2020 at 5:01 AM

    Hi Emily, I love your mind map! I completely understand how you are feeling, I am at a similar stage to you. I just keep reminding myself that this draft is not the final edit, can we expect it not to be perfect! Good luck for today! x

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    1. Emily SmithOctober 29, 2020 at 6:08 AM

      Yes!!! its a draft hehe not the final submission! I need to keep telling myself that and remembering that we will have feedback from what we have produced and time to make amendments! :) I hope yours is coming together too!

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  4. Jen CooperNovember 9, 2020 at 3:14 AM

    I absolutely felt the same way and changed my mind a number of times on the areas of learning. I've just sent my draft essay in now and it feels like such a relief! Like Alice says it's just a draft so we still have time to make changes. Good luck!

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    1. Emily SmithNovember 9, 2020 at 5:26 AM

      Congratulations on getting that done Jen! I know you have lots of pressures in your life right now so you should feel so proud! And yes it's a draft and we have lots more time to focus on amending it!!!

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