Effects Of Crafting An Effective Writer

When I started this class, I never thought I was a “good” writer. Ironically, after this class, I have learned how to be an organized writer and the term “good” is extremely unclear and subjective. From the short stories and questions to the individual essays, each assignment helped me practice and develop my writing skills. Overall, I think my writing has improved and the process of writing, something I often over looked, has immensely helped my writing.

Throughout this course, I was able to assess and evaluate my weaknesses and strengths in writing. This class has truly brought out my ability to write, a skill I did not believe I had. I now know what it takes to become a college-level writer. Also, at the beginning of the course I did not particularly enjoy writing. Now, however, I have a greater respect for

While attending writing class, I learned about the 4 steps in writing, bases for revising, organizing, and connecting specific information, and I also learned about the different types of essays such as descriptive, narrative, process, cause and effect and argumentative essay. I have been a student at Milwaukee Area Technical College for 1 semester, and over the course of my enrollment I have grown and learned more that I knew prior to attending this writing course. Participating in this writing class has taught me so much more than stuff about literature and language, it has taught me another way of expressing myself. I have learned here how to write and express myself, how to think for myself, and how to find the answers to the things that I don 't know. Most importantly I have learned how important technique, outlines and organization are. My goal in this paper is to inform writers about how my writing skills have improved.

At the start of this course, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had a goal for myself to improve and learn skills that would make writing less daunting for me. I have learned so many things about my writing that I didn’t think much about before. Another goal I had was to break the cookie-cutter mold that was set upon me throughout high school. During the process of revision, I discovered many things about myself as a writer and techniques that have been effective for me in the writing process.

This course offers numerous opportunities to improve our writing. In this class, I not only enhanced the skills I already had, but also learned new writing concepts. Before I took this class, I knew that my writing is poor, and I have always wanted to improve it; however, I did not know how and what aspects of writing to improve. So, I came into this class with the ambition to improve my writing, and I have accomplished my goal although there is still room for improvement. At this point of this course, I have learned the elements that successful writing is composed of, and I am now able to categorize the various techniques that can work together to define strong

I began this course with goals to significantly improve my writing. I knew there were challenges for me to overcome, because I have not written much at all since high school, which has been more than twenty four years ago. Nonetheless, I was up for the challenge and each week I made sure to do exactly as instructed in the weekly syllabus, reading each every assignment very carefully. At first I felt overwhelmed, but as I completed the homework and discussion post assignments for the weeks prior to the major papers, the overwhelming feelings subsided and I concentrated on each task at hand.

Attitude: Writing has never been my thing, at least when it comes to essays and research papers. It can take me awhile to get my ideas flowing. I’m very excited to complete this course so I can become a better writer. Although I often don’t like writing research papers or essays, I don’t feel that any personal feelings towards writing will have any negative effects on my quality of work. I’m looking forward to what this course has to teach me.

When I reflect on this course there are so many things that I have learned. What stood for me was the “Nine Steps to good Writing.” Identify your goal, analyze your audience, determine the correct tone and format…I had never considered these concepts before.

Course selection day is one of the hardest decision making days of the school year, especially when knowing that the courses an individual picks for the fourth year in high school can make or break one’s success in the future. After reading The Writers Craft course description I knew it was a class I belonged in. Writing is one skill that is used in any path taken in life. Whether one becomes a doctor or teacher it is always an important strength to have to be successful. Since I strive to achieve success in my future, I hope I can convince you that I deserve my seat in writer craft by telling you who I am as a person, why I want The Writers Craft credit and what my goals for this course are.

When reading an essay for the first time one does not read with the intention of correcting but for enjoying. Any person can write a paper but it takes a good writer to get their readers to enjoy it and really listen to what they have to say. The skills of a good writer is being able to use rhetoric in any form of writing to achieve one’s purpose. When reading one of my fellow peer’s papers, “Wrestling in the Olympics”, I was really informed on the subject. I also found John Doe’s commonplace and ethos in his paper with his experience and connection to wrestling. Even so, John Doe’s essay on “Wrestling in the Olympics” fails to compose an argument to persuade his audience that wrestling should not be taken out of the Olympics due to his

The most important thing that a piece “good” writing does is make people question where they stand on certain topics. This is the most important thing because when you question things you learn more, and when learn more you will be able to teach more. When you read something you do not want to just read it and not learn anything from it, then there would have been no purpose in reading it. Writers do not just write papers so they can tell the reader what is right or wrong. They write to explain their theory, to make others understand where they are coming from and the logic behind them.

I have had you as a teacher for two years so far, and I am about to have you for another semester. So while you may know much about me, I guarantee there is much you do not. As a writer, I have usually been successful, and I say that not to brag but to preface an experience of mine that I cover later in the letter. Anyways, I have achieved success not only in the classroom but also in competitions, such as the Lovejoy Writing Contest. As you know, poetry is a literary form that I hold near to my heart because it is a raw form of self-expression that encompasses many emotions: joy, grief, triumph, and defeat. Throughout my life I have never found a vent for self-expression quite like poetry. And it helps. When the weight of the world pushes so hard against you that everyone and everything seems to be against you, poetry provides an escape for raw, uncut, unfiltered human emotion.

As a writer, I was strong for my grade throughout junior high. Teachers would always say how my writing flowed beautifully and sounded just right. Unfortunately, as the years went on subjects got harder and I shifted my priorities from writing to things such as science labs and math equations. Writing became more difficult for me and I stopped making the time for it. Once earning A’s and B’s now I was just barely skimming by with low C’s and occasionally high D’s. Grammar became increasingly hard for I started messing up on smile commas and punctuation in general. Sentences started to become harder to form as the passion to write was no longer there. Since I’ve been in college I’ve realized how important English and writing is and how I need to start relearning and growing inn my ability to write again. The things I would like to see myself grow in as a writer would be: properly used punctuation, less grammatical errors, and writing with a passion for what I’m relaying to the reader.

How have I grown as a student this term? I have grown as a student by requesting help, annotating more effectively, and time-management.

I believe I have achieved most of the course learning objectives as I pass this class with a c or higher. I undertook the writing process we learned in class and it has helped me become a better writer. Before I entered my freshman year of college I didn’t know how to write. But as I undertook the writing process I was taught in class I now know how to write. First when it came to writing my assignment papers for my class I grabbed a notebook and did prewriting . I brainstormed a list of ideas for my papers. I then had a plan on everything I was going to write about. I then sit down and write my first draft. I make sure my first paragraph is a strong