Writing This Year

 This year I believe that my writing has not improved, even though I tried to change my writing techniques, the grades only worsened.. I thought I was doing my best for these papers, because I really do try my best to get a good grade on these essays, but I didn't prove myself this year.
 In almost all of my writing, I got a comment that my writing was not following the rubric, which I had talked with the teacher about. She suggested reading over the instructions more carefully and I took that and followed her advice, but I guess I still didn't get it. I continued to get these comments about not following instructions and became really confused about everything. "There is a lot to like here, but there is little scene, no controlling idea, little sense of focus." This was a comment from my first paper. When I turned it in, I felt like I was going to receive an exceptional grade on the paper, and an 82 is fine, but the grades continued to deteriorate over time.
 On one of my most recent papers, I received yet again, an 82. This was the only paper I believe I actually did sort of well on. After rewriting the literary analysis paper, I finally turned it in, receiving "A's" and "B's" on all of the Ideas except for Support in the Thesis which I thought was the best part of my paper, and I never understood this.
 I've learned that I need to work on Citations and MLA Format more. In almost every comment section of all of my papers, I was told to work on citations and MLA Format. I guess I ignored those comments and focused more on the depths of the paper itself. I think that sophomore year will work out better for me now that I've learned to understand writing all together better, I suppose.
 I'm going to continue to write for fun, even though it may not be as good as some of my other writings. I'll continue to write in my free time, and hopefully I'll get better not only as I get older but as I mature more in my thinking and writings.