Why write? Why do such a thing? Why do something? The answer is to grow, both personally and academically. When I think back to the beginning, I realize how much my writing and reading skills grew as I saw how I mastered the art of each course objective. Each goal developed in its own way. Why would anyone write an essay on how to do something? He or she would write such an article to influence people and show them how to do something. By writing an essay on taking off an airplane, I sought to influence my audience and guide them step by step on taking off an airplane. My essay, How to Take Off a Plane, clearly demonstrates the first result of the course (Crawford 66-68). In my first version of this essay, I was not as friendly as I could and should have been regarding taking off a plane; I made it seem like some people were born to fly planes. However, this was corrected in my final copy by adding "even 747 pilots started taking off in small planes", which made my writing much more influential in letting the public know that even the best 747 pilots have started where they are (Crawford 63-65; 66-68). This addition also gives the reader the excitement of taking off from an airplane, as all their dreams of flying airlines or piloting large planes are now possible. This establishes a connection with the reader contributing to the overall persuasion factor of the work. Using writing to influence various audiences in various rhetorical situations and for various purposes can easily be considered in this case. As I wrote my assignments, I saw how my grammar errors formed and how “meaty” or “meatless” the content was; However, I couldn't eliminate my errors straight away and write a "meaty" essay at the same time, so I developed a strategy for generating, revising, editing and proofreading my work. Rather than trying to keep track of my two