How I Became A Better Writer

Upon entering Columbia College, writing was one of my weaker areas. It was very important that I gained the necessary knowledge and confidence to become a better writer. I didn’t know how to express myself and felt as though my writing was not my interest. As a result of taking English 101, I have gained a better understanding on how to properly research and build a satisfactory paper. Every paper that was assigned seemed like a struggle to complete. Before entering this class, I did not know the meaning of a thesis or why it was important, however, I obtained this skill quickly. I noticed that every paper has an argument and the thesis helps clarify the rebuttal. Now, I have a new outlook on writing. It’s a way to express my thoughts and allow others to see things through my eyes. There is no doubt that I still have a long way to go, but I know if I continue to write, I will get better. Just as I developed more skills in class, the various papers assigned helped to better structure the writer in me. In addition, the subject areas were not only interesting, but very informative and made it much easier to write about my experiences.

A semester has passed since I started college and my journey of becoming a better writer. It has been a very important semester for my future college career, and I would not be here without the things I have accomplished. The composition program has really helped me to prepare for what college writing is all about. Now standing here and looking back I could not imagine how it would be without that class. I believe my English, and my writing is better than it has ever been, and all thanks to the composition program.

I began writing with basic vocabulary and barely any sentence variety. As the year progressed, I learned to advance my vocabulary and word choice in addition to incorporating a diversity of sentence structure. Nearing the end of the school year, I acknowledge that I have grown and learned more about writing. I anticipate that I will receive even more arduous writing assignments that require more research and time. Although it will be challenging, I feel confident that I will do well because I feel well prepared from all I’ve done this year. As I grow older, I will have to continue to write. I know I can take the knowledge I’ve learned this year and apply it to future papers for years to

Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe

The most difficult part about writing an essay is getting started. Writers block is definitely a writer’s biggest fear. Hours upon hours spent drawing blanks, chewing away at the top of the pencil searching for ideas is certainly common for even the best writers. Even the author of Please Don’t eat the Daisies Jean Keer admits that she feels most inspired when she reads labels.

I had been able to generate ideas by finding input that is inspiring throughout the course in my writing. This helped tremendously to keep me going without running out of what to write, which I have encountered numerous times before. Furthermore, creativity enhancement this semester helped fill my brain with meaningful ideas. Moving a little toward curiosity to make me explore deeper to answer questions for audience has not been easy. However, I have come to realize that sometimes ideas are right in front of me. Thus, I have grown more confident and prolific as I work on attentive generating idea habit.

My writing skills have never been satisfactory. I haven’t had a lot of experiences requiring me to write outside of my own personal writing. Recently my writing skills have increased when I started attending Central Ohio Technical College, January 2017. I enrolled to obtain my Registered Nursing for Nursing Technology. My first semester there I took Integrated Reading and Writing, and I learned a lot. My knowledge for writing grew tremendously. I would now consider myself a adequate writer.

Throughout this class, I have learned many things and I have also improved. This quarter, my writing has developed a lot, on my papers I have wrote I usually can't write a paper then and there, but on the literacy walk in essay I got a good score which I was proud of since that’s the first time I had done that. Usually, I don’t get very good scores, but I have learned a lot and how to write a good paper which led to me getting a good score. Another way in which I have improved in writing is how to use less fragments and also do less run-on sentences. Before this class I would do a lot of run-on sentences and many fragments. I have learned how to use better word choice and better sentence structuring.

During this semester, I’ve made a lot of progress with my writing skills. I had trouble recursively engaging myself in the writing process, and using technology to complete/enhance my writing and research projects. I struggled with these because I was too afraid to ask for help due to me thinking I would seem uneducated, or people would think I didn’t know what I was doing, which was true. Overall, I was scared that my teachers would think I’m not paying attention in class and I would lose respect from them. I would also find it hard to find more reliable information, and cite it correctly to prevent my essay from being so short. I improved my weaknesses by working with my peers and asking around to help me, and look for websites that has experts and is not available for just anyone to sign in and say what they believe is valid.

There are many forms of communication. However, writing is one of the most essential form. Communication by written format provides a structure which allow one to reach an audience worldwide.

The benefits of being part of this online course for "Crafting an Effective Writer" were really valuable for me in the personal, academic and profesional perspectives. I was desperately needing to improve my English writing skills and the course not only helped me with that but also helped me improve my speaking and listening skills. The effects and impacts of this course are immediate in my case. I've learned English since my first day in school, but there were many things I've forgotten and others that I can't even remember I've learned, like types of sentences, for example. This course gave me the tools to build better and effective texts. Personally, this is very important for me because I

I learned that when you write a paper you should know who your audience is and their level of knowledge, beginner writer tends to generalize their audience and that result from being misunderstood or misinterpret by their audience so know your audience is essential to be a good writer, Also I learned that everything in your paragraph must have a connection to each other, first it is important to have a clear topic sentence follow by 3 good example that prove the point of the topic sentence and finish by conclusion, a conclusion should is like a summarization of all the things you have said in your writing.

Being a good writer takes a lot of patience and commitment. It is definitely not a skill that can be achieved overnight. Throughout the semester in English 908, I have written and read many ideas that I believe will help me in my future college courses and in life. I am proud to say I learned all of these concepts on my own with the help of two textbooks and the commitment to stay self-disciplined. Staying on course throughout this class helped me learn and achieve more than what I was expecting to.

Throughout this semester in Composition 1, I believe my writing skills have improved drastically. During the semester I have met the five goals of the semester course. Also, I have learned about how I write and how to improve my writing to get ready for college.

Going into this course I wasn’t sure what I should except. I had the goal for myself to improve and learn skills that would make writing less daunting for me. I feel like I have learned so many things about my writing that I didn’t think much about before. A I had for myself was to break the cookie-cutter mold that was set upon me throughout high school. I have learned so many things about myself as a writer and many skills that have been effective for me in the writing process.