Reflection on Organization

I chose to use a physical grid to organize my paper. Since I already had note cards of the sections I wanted to discuss and separated my sources physically, I really needed something more similar to a list to keep track of everything. I like being able to move my notecards around to see what works best-almost like a puzzle- but then I need to come back and be able to write it out and finalize what my plan is. I realized that I want one or two more sources each for my “ideal woman” and “genre” sections. I think my one section that focuses on the time period is more about the context and not something I can use to support my thesis, so I don’t need as much for that section. I also decided to move the time period category up so it’s the first one I discuss since so much of it is about the background. Since the ideal woman and the genre sections are what I really want to focus on and since they flow together pretty well, I wanted to talk about those later on in my paper than the historical context. I think the hardest part of my outlining was trying to determine how many pages each section would be. I don’t usually outline my papers because they usually aren’t this long, so trying to figure out how long I want each part is difficult. I think what made the process easier was mapping it out a little in class before figuring out the outline.