Defining Myself As A Writer Analysis

First, I write to show my thoughts and my personality. It helps me show who i am and what i can set my mind to do. I constantly overthink when i’m writing and always think “this is not good enough, erase it,

My English Literature major has helped me to achieve an outstanding level of appreciation, enjoyment, and knowledge of both American and British Literature. As a high school AP English student, I struggled through great works like Hamlet and To the Lighthouse. My teacher’s daily lectures (there was no such thing as class discussion) taught me merely to interpret the works as critics had in the past. I did not enjoy the reading or writing process. As a freshman at Loras, I was enrolled in the Critical Writing: Poetry class. For the first time since grade school, my writing ability was praised and the sharing of my ideas was encouraged by an enthusiastic and nurturing professor. Despite the difficulty of poetry, I enjoyed reading it.

I may not be the best writer there is out there but I do put all of me into each piece I develop. I believe in giving it your all at all times. If your giving it anything less why try at all. I'm huge on that theory and I believe it means a lot more than I believe it to be. I hope that each piece I submit this semester is nothing less than my best and I hope to take in all the criticism and use it to my advantage.

While a young writer develops his skills, he utilizes the writing process as a guide; unfortunately, not all writers are in good relations with this guide. When viewing the process theoretically, the task does not seem daunting, but when put into action that is not always the case. Each writer has his own experience and views on the writing process. Some find revision and editing easier than prewriting, and others may not. Every writing experience is different, even between the pieces a singular author writes. That is why finding out what strategies within the writing process a writer best connects with is imperative. The writing process is important and different for every writer; therefore, celebrating strongholds, pointing out flaws, and setting goals to improve the relationship with the writing process is necessary for the singular author.

The main thing that I feel that I need to improve on as a writer is being able convey my thoughts properly when putting the down on paper. This to me seems to be one of the most important things when it comes to writing. I feel that the reader must know exactly what it is I am thinking or what the point is that I am trying to get across to them when I write something. If they are not picking up on what it is I am trying to convey to them, then I think that I am, in a sense, failing as a writer. On the other hand, when someone can pick up on exactly what it is I am trying to tell them in a piece of my work, then I feel that I have succeeded in my assignment or whatever the task at hand is at that time. In my honest opinion, making sure the reader

As a writer I can feel myself improving, but there is still a lot of work to be done. I used to hate writing because it was not one of the things that I am strong at but now I don’t mind it. Thanks to the writing lab I feel more comfortable when turning in papers because they go over the paper with you sentence by sentence. A few things that I know I need to work on and I really struggle with is fragments and comma splices. I honestly do not fully understand what they mean.

This year, I was challenged as a writer to graduate from childlike formulaic writing. In Composition I, the first week of class resulted in unnerving changes. We were rid of the impeding constraints of a formula and were never assigned topics. I’ll admit at first it was a little difficult having neither a formula nor assigned topic, but it was also freeing. Being able to freely write has allowed me to grow and not limit my flourishing abilities.

Just as “Refuge: TallMountain and Kenny Find Their Meaning” helped me in my quest, as well did my special place paper entitled as “Not to Cry”. This paper contributed greatly to my journey as a writer. Through this paper I was able to focus on myself. I focused more on the creative side to get my point across. I was able to freely write about something I am very knowledgeable more than anyone else. Writing this paper reminded me of my family and writing about them contributes to who I am today. I felt the freedom to write what was in my heart without worrying about being judge by my readers. Before, I would always write something and worry about getting my grammar right rather than expressing how I truly feel. I was trained in high school to follow the rules of writing that caused me to not enjoy doing it so much. However, when I had the chance to attend this class I learned that my main purpose in writing is to explain my point of view of the subject. This paper reminded me of what I had learned from the past and I was able to better this personal paper that is a very significant material to my growth.

I hate writing essays. My English required me to do 3 and I had 1 last one to do, this one was a narrative. I had already written an informative essay about the Greek demigod Perseus, and an argumentative essay about the usage of "prescribed burns" in the american forests. This essay was different though, I had to write about a challenge I had overcome. So, I thought "Why not make it about the challenge i'm currently facing, writing this essay." and so I am.

My senior year I have learn a lot thanks to my teachers that been helping me improve in writing throughout the year. All the information my teachers been given me help me outside of school on how to write letters on why should I be accepted into their college. I been putting time and effort on becoming a better writer. Although I been absent some days where my teacher has gone over expository and persuasive I am confident that this has no affect on me. I’m sure it does not affect me because why im absent I just study at home and the next day I ask my teacher for the lesson I missed in class.

When I was in sixth grade, I thought I was destined to become a journalist, or sports reporter. I was passionate about it, I loved doing it, and I loved having a teacher and parents that encouraged me to keep doing more of it. But, even though I had this great opportunity in my sixth-grade class, I would later have an experience in my middle school years that discouraged me from ever pursuing those dreams

Personally, I believe that my overall ability as a writer is good because I love to draw out diagrams, supporting details, and my ability to relate to the reader is some of my assets, although, some of my liabilities include; coming up with a thesis statement, edit/revising my papers, and word choice/vocabulary. As a student, it is hard to come up with and think about your assets and liabilities or what a good writer is and what a bad writer is, or maybe we all just think we are bad writers because we are so good at criticizing ourselves and not getting other opinions on how we are as a writer. Thinking of my assets was one of the hardest things I have had to do when it comes to writing because I have never had to think about what helps make

For practically every student, the moment the bell rings for summer, they will never speak to their teachers again. This typically also follows email contacts being deleted too. It isn't the same for me, however. Ms.Dirmeyer, my 7th grade language arts teacher, has still kept in touch with me despite the fact she is no longer technically my teacher. She helps me improve my writing by giving me opinions and advice, along with encouragement. She also answers my questions and does what she can to help me out.

Running through the thick field of the local playground, my parents approached me with shocking news that would change my life forever. The words were merely dreams for an individual in my country. My parents told me, “We are going to live in the United States of America.” My expression was immediately filled with excitement and happiness as I heard these words from my parents. Therefore, we filed the for immigration papers come to the United States. However, my excitement failed to realize the future difficulty that was about to occur in my life. Upon arriving, everything was shockingly different to the point, that it became difficult to understand the environment around me. Couple of months after arrival, my brother and I were enrolled into

I don’t consider myself a very good writer. I write when I am made to or when I have something that I need to say that I can’t just tell someone. I keep a diary. Usually my diary is just a record of what I have done that day. It’s not so much about my feelings. I don’t really like talking about my feelings, usually because most of the time I am confused about what exactly I am feeling. I tend to keep the feelings that I do have to myself, to protect myself from getting hurt.