An aspect of academic writing that I believe that I’m improving on is going in depth when writing my analysis. When I wrote my first essay, I just wrote what I understood from the text and never built on it, leaving it to be somewhat vague. I took the constructive criticism and applied it to my essay, which I got a higher grade and less comments on. However, I do find my grammar to be the only aspect of academic writing that I still struggle on. I usually write how I speak, and I don’t proofread as much as I should. I should work on that with the research essay before it affects my grade significantly. Despite this, I do enjoy writing thesis sentences and integrating quotes into my essays. These two can be challenging, which is what makes it enjoyable. Once you find the perfect quote for each body paragraph and write a clear, concise thesis, the essay becomes so much stronger. It makes writing it a bit more easier and the topic that you are presenting clearer to the audience.