A Reflection On My Writing

Many people have a habit of writing differently and it can be good or bad. In the essay “The Importance of Writing Badly,” Bruce Ballenger encourages students to write spontaneously without any rules or “error-free sentences.” He believes that there are no wrong way to express how a person feel. It may not be the correct way to write it but it still allows a person to write continuously. Ballenger allows students to write badly because he is more interested in encouraged thinking.

From writing thoughtful poems to research papers, I have experienced composing a diverse portfolio of literary analysis and criticisms throughout the school year. I started out the year writing minimally. By the end of the year, I noticed I was able to express my ideas and thoughts in a more clear and concise way on paper. Ultimately, each composition allowed me to widen my horizons as a writer and see how I could improve as a writer.

In Shannon Nichols’ “Proficiency”, she bout her dislikes writing due to her experiences. While I was growing up, I never knew I would not like writing. People remind me of how I had great handwriting and loved to write stories. In college, I continue to struggle in writing essays and it is a challenge for me. Although Shannon Nichols and I despise writing growing up, we both have grown to become successful writers.

I chose my memoir for AP English Language and Composition as my best piece because it’s received a ninety percent and is the written work I’m most proud of. The reader should expect to find information about me that one wouldn’t know by simply looking at me. One will find how overcoming my own challenges and one that was thrown at me made the person I am today. One would discover my passion and determination to pursue a career in family law. The impressions I hope the reader gains about myself after viewing this piece is that I am a methodical writer as well as a psychological person who tends to hide it.

Ballenger, Bruce. “The Importance of Writing Badly.” The Curious Writer. Custom Publishing. 2008. pp. 45–47.

This piece allowed me to use personal stories, and discover quotes by notable individuals. Quotes are articles that make me extremely content. The fact that I was sanctioned to start the essay with a quote about love, and mention two individuals who are important to me made it easier to process sentences onto my paper. Also, this essay had a basic three paragraph format, so that familiarity created a smooth working process. When my environment and tasks are personal and relatable, my stress is relieved and I am forced to smile, making the Prairie Meadows Scholarship Essay paper the easiest to

My initial reaction to my essay was rather...meh. The writing was still very characteristic of Dave Gao. There were no gasps of horror induced by my former writing quality. But as I peered deeper into the language of the paper, I began to notice subtle, yet significant changes I had undergone throughout the year. I have to admit that at the time, I believed my essay was excellent—a verifiable work of beauty. Now, the essay looked crude, and a bit too simplistic. The vocabulary seemed rather

After receiving the feedback for my first short assignment, I realized that were a lot of revision that needed to be done. For the first short assignment, I was required to write a rhetorical analysis on my service-learning 's organization website. While I did provide a strong claim which was "the purpose of the website is to introduce the organization to the community as a well-established agency that helps Asian immigrants with numerous programs, services and advocacy2.The writing responds to substantive issues raised by the instructor and peers," I failed to relate it to the website 's usage of rhetorical appeals. In order to produce an effective piece, I decided to revise my work but relating the rhetorical appeals to my original claim, and by providing a more detailed analysis on how they relate. As an example, in my original submission, I only wrote "The overall appearance of the website aims to give off an air of professionalism and maturity" without providing any further explanation. After a

The first English course I came to know and love was my senior year mythology course. An overall amazing course. Free spirited, problem posed, and educational. Gender specific normalities

We were asked to write 4 essays throughout the entirely of this course. Each of the essays included an original version, followed by a revision memo, and last but not least a final revised version of the essay. After we completed an essay, the professor would grade our original essay and provide feedback on how to further improve on our final revised essay. We then would have to take his corrections into consideration and write 2 paragraphs on how to fix our mistakes called a revision memo. The first essay we were asked to write an “Argument Description”. For this essay, it was required for the students to find the writer’s primary and secondary claims of a particular essay chosen from the Best American Essays book and describe how they work. Secondly, we were asked to write an “Argument Analysis”. In this essay it required the same work as the “Argument Description” essay, but we were asked to find the implications in the claims stated. The next essay, Professor Stuart asked us to write was a “Genre Analysis”. Our final essay was called an “Argument in Literature”. (DESCRIBE THE ESSAYS COLLECTIVELY)

Students reflected on what they learned during the year-long Capstone project. In this piece the students incorporated the elements of writing presented throughout the quarter. Olivia wrote, “During the whole procedure I found out a ton of things about myself that I hadn't known before. The first thing is that I am a very strong public speaker. I am easily comfortable with people. When I speak to a big crowd it feels natural to me. That made me choose debate and public speaking for an elective in high school, and I would have never chosen that before. Although, I found that I need to work on my research skills, because it was difficult for me to do thorough research. I also need to improve on creating presentations. During the presentation

The Express and Reflect essay is my strongest process piece. This essay was about me coming out and how it affected me. The first draft was terrible, but after I revised my paper I improved a lot and learned from my mistakes. My introduction is amazing and really catches the reader's attention. For example, “The night I met her

This first semester at the University of Akron has flown by. I learned many new writing concepts that helped me become a better writer. English composition was a required class that I had to take in order to get my degree. Although this class was required I still wanted to take this class to become more knowledgeable about writing. Coming into English Composition I was worried about all of the papers and the workload that I would have to complete. I knew that I was going to have to write a lot more than I previously had in highschool, but I was unsure of just how much. The works that I decided to include in my portfolio comprise of my Literacy Narrative, Image Analysis Paper, and essay titled Mayas Hardships based on Maya’s experiences in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. I selected these works because I felt that they are the ones that require the most improvement to them. The papers i've chosen show how far I’ve came In English Composition.

However, I did not let that stop me. I chose the subjects that would help enhance my skills in the English language, as an attempt to patch up the lack of resources I am able to gain in high school. I had developed a prominence in marketing thanks to Business, which conversely helped me view a book from the point of view of a publisher, along with the ways to market books. Sociology helped me comprehend the human behavior along with complex cognition of the vindication behind their actions. ICT had further my skills in apprehending the Science Fiction snuggled in comfortable in between my bookshelf. To understand the scientific, and the complex element added as to spin a tale of wonder. Those subjects have escalated my competence in apprehending the English

By the time it came to write our second essay, the research paper, I was more willing to open myself up about talk about something that I normally don’t tell people about, my problems with anxiety. It was tough to write about this topic because it was something that I haven’t even told my close friends about. Writing about my panic attacks and my reservations in social situations in my first draft was awkward and I didn’t really understand how to incorporate my personal moments with anxiety to the research I had gathered. It was helpful to read the other published drafts to get a sense of style and structure that other writers had used. I wasn’t happy with my first draft, and I noticed the struggle with transitioning between personal and research segments. I also didn’t know how to end my essay because how do you end an essay about anxiety?