The Writing Process to Date

The elements that impacted me the most in the writing process is the writing process itself. The steps of writing the body first, the conclusion second, and the introduction last have been immensely helpful in preventing writer's block. Getting all your thoughts on a piece of paper before writing an introduction or conclusion is a great aid to starting. I always feared writing essay's because I couldn't figure out how to start them, and I felt that I never had enough content, but writing everything down that I know about the subject first has completely prevented those "freaked out" feelings from happening. 

The other tools that have impacted me are the rhetorical tools that we should include in the essay. It's helped me to identify the audience I am speaking to and it's also helped with how I should talk to that audience. Rhetorical tools rule!