Upon entering this class, I felt that I was decently prepared.  Though I was never top of my class in highschool, I could write a good essay and get my message across.  But those essays were only directed towards the teacher; I would never let anyone else read my writing.  My audience never had to be anyone but the teacher.  During the time in this course so far, I feel much more comfortable with peer-reviewing and receiving feedback.  It is always helpful to gain another persons perspective and thoughts on a topic even if I do not agree with them.  I am also getting much better at critical reading and doing an analysis rather than just writing a summary about a book or my favorite, its theme, which we did about 99% of the time in highschool.   Another process  that I feel is changing my approach towards writing a paper is the invention process.  Answering the invention questions gets my brain thinking about the topic more in depth and in a way, writes a draft for me.  It also guides me into organizing my paper in an understandable way.  Other concepts I have been developing mostly deal with rhetoric and persuasion including ethos, pathos and logos.  In my next paper (project 3) I am going to write to specific audiences , not just a general audience.  For upcoming projects I would find it interesting to write about a social or environmental problem.