Choosing Sources

As college students, writing is a major part of proving our academic understand. When we present our ideas, we often need supports and opinions to contrast our ideas with others. In my process in writing paper for English 101, I often have to find sources to either research or to use as references. Usually, I would first think about ideas and what I want to do or write about then find references to support it, rather than having to write an essay base on the resource that I’ve found. By doing so, I would limit my own writing. After I have an idea, I would search the library for books or online documents for scholarly source. Having scholarly source would help make my paper more credible to the audience, as it had been base off well researched data. Then, after skimming the information, I can see if the source can be used in my paper. I also check the author for credibility and if the information is current. After compiling my list of sources, I would usually have few more than what I need, just in case the sources cannot be used. Before writing my essay, I would write down a few lines that I would like to use from each books so that I know what subject to steer my writing to. When I write, I keep in mind some of the information so that if I feel that the point should be supported, the quote/information can be used. I also try to use a quote to refute or support if my essay is argumentative and a naysayer is necessary. My method however could be improve by beginning an outline of the essay, insert an even amount of sources on each paragraphs so that it would flow much smoother, doing so it would make future writing become more clear and structured so that my counting words limits are close to being over.