My Strengths and Weaknesses as an Essay Writer

     My strengths as an essay writer are organization and the overall structure of the paragraphs and essay. I've always used a format sheet that outlines all the necessary pieces to write an essay; including the thesis, main points, and supporting details listed below. This has always helped me organize my thoughts and ideas on a topic, then allowing me to put everything together to create a fully detailed paragraph, resulting in a nice, organized essay. Even when I am not given this format, I make one for myself since this is the only way I can seem to organize all my thoughts.
     Another strength I believe I have as an essay writer is my voice, as I am constantly reading my essay's out loud to make sure it's consistent.

     My weaknesses as an essay writer is my conclusion paragraph, the last paragraph my reading is going to read and remember the most. I find myself always wanting to include a question to get the reader thinking about the topic, but I've received both positive and negative comments on this. I sometimes struggle with connecting my introduction and thesis together, and there's times where I see them as the same thing. Although I am organized, the odd time I struggle with picking strong supporting details to go with my main points. I'll have supporting details but they don't always seem strong enough to use.
 
     My goal as an essay writer is to find a way that I can make my conclusion paragraphs persuading and convincing, while avoiding the use of a question. When it comes to my supporting details, I'm going to try writing out all the possible details and choose the three strongest instead of using the first three that come to mind.