College in my 30’s

Since writing my proposal, I feel it has set a starting point and gave needed direction for Essay 3.   I now have a specific working thesis and a “plan of attack” of how to support it.  I was able to give a who, what, when, where, why and how of my topic.  If I wrote an effective proposal, it should serve as a guide to what I want to accomplish as a writer, through my paper.  It will keep me focused or on track so I won’t stray from my thesis, which for me,  is SO easy to do.

I believe it would be good practice to write a proposal prior to writing future reseach papers because it will save more time in the long run, identifying what the working thesis will be.

I would see myself writing proposals in a business setting, specifically if I were writing for grant-funding or if I were in marketing and I was trying to sell a certain idea to colleagues or the owners of a product.

 Overall, I found proposal writing very useful to my thought processes as I contemplated what my Essay would be about.  I feel the proposal helps me concentrate on the way I will present/organize my paper and decrease the frustrations that I encounter when gathering inital information on a topic.  I will definitely be writing more proposals in the future.