Essay On My Writing Experience

Writing is one of the most important skills that I have learned throughout my years in school. I have learned that no matter how much I love or hate it, writing is a necessity; I might as well try to be good at it. Writing has been in my life for many years. There are many types of writing, educational writing and personal writing are two that I will mention in this essay. I have learned how to allow writing to help me in my daily life. When I began writing I hated it, however, I have learned the many uses of it, and it has become a huge part of my life.

In reviewing the essay, there are many errors I noticed. Overall, your writing lacks focus in regards to ideas, grammar, and spelling. I am no expert in any of these areas, but my ability to produce a coherent essay is demonstrated by the fact that I am nearly done with college. The goal of my essay is to guide you towards a better way of writing based on my prior experiences. A good essay in my experience is one that has three major components: structure, depth, and voice.

Finding the motivation to sit down and write, or read has always been a challenge for me. The amount of books I have actually read all the through in the past few years of my life is slim to none. Really the only time I will read is for a school assignment, or if it’s required for a job. As I grow older I am starting to realize the importance of good reading, and writing skills. Having the ability to write what needs to be written, whether than just what you want to write can be difficult. I have always been the best at writing essays when there is a lot of freedom to write what you want. The times where I have to follow a particular structure is when coming up with original ideas can be a huge challenge.

Everyone has a process when they write a paper, a book, or a story. Typically, everyone has a similar process, but each person's overall method will vary. For example, some people may choose paper and pencil while others prefer using a keyboard. My process is generally the same, but may slightly deviate according to the type of writing assignment.

Of all the writing experience I gained through an AP heavy course load in high school, I look towards the experience I gained in one class more than anything else when it comes to the development of my reading and writing skills as a student and learner. This class was known locally in my high school as Honors Issues in Religions, taught by Mr. Burnett. The reason this class has held such an impact on me is because we were able to develop both reading and writing in a variety of ways, whether it was doing the nightly textbook reading, writing 4 essays in 90 minutes in what is known as a test in the class, the 15 page minimum research paper due at the end of the year, or even the book review done on a book of the student’s choice. All of these different aspects were able to help myself improve my skills as both a reader and writer.

I’ve always loved art. Whether it was displayed in a museum, on television, or even on the side of a building, I’ve had a constant appreciation of art. Although, as much as I love observing art, I do have my own aspiration to create. Unfortunately, I’ve never had the steady hand to paint or draw. I haven’t had the training or experience to be a musician. As for possible being an actor, I’d rather not be the center of attention around strangers.

The last English class I have taken and completed was AP English IV at West Lauderdale High School. In that class, I learned the basics of how to format a college essay and how to present it as a college student instead of someone fresh out of high school. I was also taught how to write a full five paragraph essay with supporting points under a time constraint. Gathering my thoughts and presenting them in short time was difficult, but it was great practice for future essays. Furthermore, I studied different pieces of literature and learned how to discuss the themes and symbolism. In English Composition I, I want to improve my skills in writing an essay and bringing out my points in a more concise way. Improving my sentence structures and variety

I created my first short story when I was eight-years-old. It became more elaborate as the years went by, and that story will become a children’s book. I will admit, though, that majoring in English was not always my intention. Throughout elementary school, weekdays included writing short stories and attempting to teach my pets how to read, while weekends consisted of wrapping my dog’s “broken” legs in toilet paper and researching uncommon illnesses. Literature became a top priority, and my aspiration to become a physician was replaced by an eagerness to become a writer.

Throughout the years in elementary and middle school, the main focus on writing essays for me were: grammar, punctuations, paragraphs, spellings, use of words, and the topics. Whenever an assignment was given, I wrote essays in the language that I assumed the teacher wanted me to do-which were high level words. Nothing has ever exposed me to great writing before due to the fact of only reading essays from peers and having to be taught the same thing over and over. Each paper that I had to write consisted of five or three paragraphs with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. It was difficult for me to continue writing because I could have nothing more than the number of paragraphs that was expected or nothing less. I never had the motivation to write because I was afraid of

In high school my essays were about summarizing a chapter from a book or writing a short story. There was no set length it had to be and there were not any specifics to focus on such as to focus on a strong introduction or to focus on being organized when writing. The essays that I wrote in high school were just for a quick grade or to help out our grade. I did not really have that much experience in writing essays. In the past semester I have grown more as a writer than I have in the past years. My essays have been becoming more detailed and less vague. They are maturing to the standard set for my level of English. Thus far, in English 101, my writing has improved by composing different types of essays, using a variety of

I’m originally from the suburbs just south of Richmond, VA. Mom was a nurse. Dad worked in the tobacco industry. Growing up I always knew I wanted to do something artistic but it wasn’t until I started writing poetry and short stories in Junior High that something really stuck. Towards the end of Junior High I attended the University of VA’s Young Writers Workshop, which is basically writers’ camp, for a couple summers. If you’re a teen into writing definitely check it out. I wrote throughout High School but was also pretty wrapped up in the process of becoming a big ol’ theater nerd. I wrote stuff and directed plays and performed in shows like Indians, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Taming of the Shrew, The Man of La Mancha and various others.

My experiences in writing have been minimal. I have only learned the basics of writing, like putting together sentences, forming paragraphs with sentences, and things like that. Since I have been taking college English, I can tell my writing has improved a lot. In the future, I hope to be able to improve tremendously at writing essays, paragraphs, research papers, documents, and stories so that I have very little to no errors with drafting and final products. I predict I will be a well rounded writer when I graduate from college.

In my first essay for this class I kind of knew what to expect because I have written tons of rhetorical argumentative essays. We focused on those a lot and learning how to incorporate ethos, logos, and pathos. This was just somewhat of a review for me besides the fact that the essays were longer. In high school we had the freedom to set up our essays we thought best but now I don’t have that same freedom. Which I think helped me expanded on my writing. Now that we must write a minimum of eight sentences I am able to explain elaborate my view more. Usually given the option I would settle for the minimum but being told there is a minimum I must meet those standards which is effective in helping my writing. Besides the sentence structure my first essay in this class was just a look review.

After a year of writing: college entrance essays, scholarship essays, SAT essays, and AP essays I learned to hate writing essays. They were the death of me! During my first semester I avoided them at all costs. I would make an hour long presentation or a scrapbook to express myself so I didn’t have to sit at the computer for an hour and look at that dreaded blank page with the flashing cursor telling me I didn’t have a single word written. My second semester at U of A is when that started to shift. To change the way I wrote, I had to change the way I thought. That is exactly what I did. I have learned a lot about my own and others’ writing skills this semester by learning to analyze what works for papers and by identifying my strengths and weaknesses.

In my previous education history I have always felt like I was a good writer, because writing to me always seemed to be no sweat. The ways my old education teachers had taught me to how to write essays, paragraphs, and summaries, made writing those things to me easy as putting trash in can. Now that I am currently taking a writing class in college, those puzzle pieces I’ve learned from my teachers in my late education doesn’t seem to fit the puzzle now. Being taught by my previous education teachers I have always though I was good at writing an essay, until my current teacher told me the way I have been taught by my teachers in my previous years on writing essays was the improper way. Once I found out I have been writing my essays in my past education history the improper way, it had begun to trigger my brain at a very fast rate. My current teacher begins to