Reflection on my first essay

So I realize that my first essay had some problems. For one, my personal stories aren't long enough. I felt like I spent a long time, but reading it over they're not nearly long enough. I also feel like they have a sort of "homily" quality to them which I really don't like. Was I meant for the priesthood? Please, no!

I feel like my essay needs more. If this were a paper, I'd feel like I need to hit up the library and do some more research.

This is probably my fault, but I came into this class assuming "Creative Nonfiction" was something like journalism, and that's clearly not the case.

I guess there are a few things I did right, though. I feel kinda optimistic about my topic, though, and think that if I focus on it again I can do better. I can probably be a little bit more personal, and focused now because I've already written the story before.

I guess I'll update this more after my talk with Dr. Chandler.