Finding a research topic can be stressful for most people. However, in BBG pgs 261-276 they explain how to try and narrow down a topic so that it can be effective in ones writing. It taught me that at first one must generalize a topic at first but then we must ask a specific research question to make our research more specific. If at first the article results are to much one must make there topic even more specific or else there will be to much material to cover. It also works the other way, if your topic is to specific then you must try to broaden your topic so more articles will appear. The BBG also says that one should try to find a topic they enjoy about writing. If someone finds a research topic that they are interested in then it will make writing the paper much easier and the quality of the writing might even be better. These pages also helped me begin to brainstorm for a research topic in P2 as it also talks about different preliminary writing techniques to get your ideas out on paper.
My writing process for project 2 was different from project 1 because I had to conduct research towards my argumentative topic. I also was required to use the Florida State university database in order to find peer-reviewed article that would provide me with correct information. This essay also had several sources whom mad me sound more credible towards my audience, which enabled me to write more about my topic. The personally think that writing a first draft and then revising it in order for it to be my final draft to be very helpful when writing a research essay. I was able to carefully go over any grammatical or punctuation errors as well as make sure that all my sentences made sense and were not random. I enjoyed project 2 the most because I was required to conduct research on my topic, which allowed me to expand my knowledge towards an argument that is personal to me and it made me sound even more credible when discussing this argument face to face with someone.
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