When I was taking the midterm my plan helped me more than I thought it would. My plan helped me stay focused by me knowing what I was trying to accomplish and I knew it was going to be hard but I had to keep a opinion mind. Yes I used my editing checklist. I used it mostly after I finished writing my essay. For example, I am a writer that as soon as I get started I do like a free write. I do not worry about grammar and I do not worry about anything else. I just makes sure I meet the minimal amount of words I have to reach. Then when I am done I use my checklist to go back line through line and look for any mistake, comas, voice, tone, and even organization. This step is the hardest for me and that is why I take the most time on it. In my opinion, I feel like the plan I made way very affective and I do not think I will change it up by much if any. Improving my plan will be hard because I took all of my weaknesses and put them on the checklist so I could make sure I went step by step to accomplish all the categories of a good essay. The only thing I feel I could do now is just get better on knowing what makes an okay essay great. I have to recognize when I make a mistake. When I was trying to revise my essay I found that my time was running out so next time I know I have to be faster in writing and planning my essay so I have enough time to fix my mistakes. I prefer an essay that is not timed because I do not feel rush and I have enough time as I need to fix up my essay. Timed essays are more rushed than essays that are not timed and I think a timed essay they look more on sentence structure and mistakes but on a non timed essay they look more on content in the essay.