My writing process is usually much different than the way that I have been doing things.  In most cases I have been very well known to wait till I felt ready to write my paper will most of the time took me down to the wire deadline.  The mandatory breakdown due dates have made me learn to initiate my writing process instead of waiting on something in my head to occur on its own.  Also, I am usually able to know what I need to write about in that when I was in high school it was always an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.  This was much different on the other hand.  It was to write a much longer report about a very small amount of information, and this made things less structured but at the same time more difficult in that I had to write much more.  I think these changes though have already begun to make an impact on my personal way of writing and I am enjoying the growth as well as the challenge.