In order to write my literacy narrative, the first thing I did was brainstorm. I locked myself in a quite room and with a pen and paper, I listed all the time I struggle to learn something. Out of that list, I picked the one that was broader of a topic for which I can write a lot about and is something that I can vividly remember. Next, ones I had picked the topic, I started the first draft which was basically a cluster of thoughts; I bullet pointed of all the possible things that I can remember about that topic. With the topic at hand and a general main idea of the story, I formulated a thesis. By the end of this, I was left with a list of random events that didn’t have any flow.

Therefore next, I made an outline, in which I organize all the thoughts in to a more manageable order. I separated it by chronological order based on when the events occurred. After that, I wrote the second draft, in which I take the ideas and create them into sentences. Upon completion of the second, I reread the text and did some clean up. For example, I added transitions between sentences, eliminate or alter repetition of words and check for grammar errors. Finally, I readied the paper for peer review.

I gave the paper to three other group members and my professor. When I received the papers back from my group I started my final draft. My editors helped me correct many grammatical errors as well as commented on the story. For instance, places where I needed to add more details at point of confusion and in instances where I needed to remove certain ideas that were repetitive. Taking all the advice into consideration, I rewrote several sentences and ended up deleting a paragraph and rewriting another in its place. In order to do this, I had to go back and refer to my first draft and add some more thought that I had left out in the second draft. After another final clean up I finished the final draft, ready for submission.