My problem is that I intergrate my own ideas too much, and not with those of others. My writing is selfish. The opinion of my subject in my first project was lost, and the first draft didn't really tell her story at all. The second project's first draft lacked detail explaining the rhetorical appeals. Once I tried to go in depth about others ideas rather than my own, my papers were more balanced. My first project ended up intertwining my thoughts and Rebecca's thoughts, allowing the reader to see two people's views on the Virginia Tech Massacre. The second project ended up explaining the appeals more, and why these appeals affected me. As a person who has solid opinions on my own ideals, I need to keep in mind that the ideas of others are what has inspired my writing in the first place.