How Writing Styles Help Our Writing

When I start to write a draft, I usually freewrite. I use that technique, because it was easier to me than brainstorming or following an outline. In order for me to write, I generate ideas on a scrap paper. And draw ideas from that list, the more sub ideas that come from one idea, it’s most likely that I will write about that idea. When I try to write with an outline, I tend to get lower grades, because I do exactly as my teacher tells us to write the paper, but I don’t add any tricks to make my writing style better.

There is so much to learn about the techniques of writing that one quarter is not enough time to learn it all. As for myself I have learned from my peer reviews how to bring forth a message with strong and powerful vocabulary to captivate the audience.

According to wordpress.com I am a Judger. Judgers like structure and order. They are organized always plan and have a plan of action are not easily distracted and keep their focus on their goals. “They prefer to: Create a plan and stick to it See a task through to completion Adhere to a schedule Set goals and maintain focus Follow rules and regulations Set clear expectations.”

The article, Call a Meeting with Your Writing Teacher Self by Ruth Culham, surprised me. I was not aware that writing wasn’t really a big topic until the 1980s. The idea that writing is not just a linear set of steps was stressed throughout my writing education. I agreed with Culham’s statement that writing is a “highly individual, creative process”. The process should be looked at as stages, not steps. The fact that writing has not been stressed on in the past means that many students my age and older probably never really learned the best ways to write. I think back to some of the classmates I had and they could only regurgitate what they learned. It’s up to us, as teachers, to focus student writing on “learning how

So many different forms of writing. It is crazy to think that we use these writing techniques. I know it can help me with my writing. I’m not a strong writing, but I’m hoping by the time I finish this class I will have made a lot of progress.

Another thing I did to learn about writing was that I read a lot and focused on how the authors worded and uses things.

As I reflect over the last nine weeks of class, I’m happy I was able to finally take a writing course to help improve my writing style. I have always shied away when it came to writing because it was something I did not enjoy to do and I did not understand the fundamental of writing.

Upon reading Stephen King’s Reading to Write essay, right off the bat he states that “if you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: Read a lot and write a lot.” To me this means reading way more than I would like to, but it is important to me to become a better at writing so reading more will probably happen in the future. While reading his essay I did notice several different writing strategies that I could figure out myself. I will go over some of those strategies later on in this essay. This being the first essay or paper I have read that belongs to Stephen King it did get my attention in the opening paragraphs. His use of different techniques and writing strategies pulled me right in and made me want to read more.

At the same time, some major problems on my essays are my body paragraphs an example of this is my essay “A Trip for the UFO Museum”. It was a very good essay, but it did not have a thesis statement in the main body paragraph. I was just explaining things which is my biggest weakens when I write an essay because I do not know what to write. I do not end it with concluding thoughts or analysis, instead, I use examples and I forget to put a transition word. From these errors, I learn to always use transitions and put a comma after each one of them.

Most recently, I have read several powerful essays in Exploring Language, by Gary Goshgarian, which give straightforward advice about becoming a better writer. One such essay is ?Writing for an Audience,? by Linda Flower. She believes that a good piece of writing closes the gap between the reader and the writer. Another essay that I will be looking at is ??Getting Started,? by Anne Lamott. She believes that good writing is about telling the truth. Patricia T. O?Conner wrote an interesting essay titled ?Saying is Believing.? In it, she tells us that a good writer is one that you can read without breaking a sweat. Which leads me to the final essay that has helped influence my writing style, ?How to Write with Style,? by Kurt

For my reading and writing processes I have learned ample techniques to become better and more successful in each and every unit, especially the very last one, The Dark Side of Happiness, by June Gruber, because of its intricate and complex key points it was a challenging reading. Coming from High School where teachers do not exemplify any techniques caused me to be uncomfortable with rigorous and demanding readings like this (The Dark Side of Happiness.) I can now say my understanding of how important it is to read and write grew profoundly. I have never really considered myself a great reader, since I do not enjoy reading, but knowing how to dissect, go under the surface, and more in depth in each reading influenced my perception. I was then introduced to brainstorming as well, a method used most often to express your thoughts and ideas without them being right. In addition, knowing how to

Personally, I haven't always been the biggest fan of writing. I used to dread writing papers for school, and I never thought that I could write for enjoyment. I believe that the reason I had a distaste for writing was because I just assumed that my writing was disastrous. My personal views regarding writing as a whole started to change when I

Style in writing is similar to style in any other kind of activity due to several reasons. Having style means every action looks effortless. It is the ability to do make a difficult activity look easy. Additionally, this effortlessness is not something people are born with; it is something people learn. This holds true in both writing and other activities.

Personally, I haven't always been the biggest fan of writing. I used to dread writing papers for school, and I never thought that I could write for enjoyment. I believe that the reason I had a distaste for writing was because I just assumed that my writing was disastrous. My personal views regarding writing as a whole started to change when I

Creative writing is "greatest human excitement, it is observation to speculation to hypothesis. This is a creative process, probably the highest and most satisfactory we know" (Ricketts1939: vi). Style is a literary method which a writer adopts to infuse force and liveliness into his writings so that a reader may connect himself to the writer and have an access to what he reads. It tells as to how an author’s word choice, sentence structure, figurative language and sentence arrangement work together to establish mood and images in the text. It is "a means by which human being grains contact with others; it is personality clothed in words, character embodied in speech" (Lucas1974:49). In fact, "Style is the man" (Buffon.www.britannica.com/.../topic/.../ Georges-Louis-Leclerc-count.Web.Nov2013). It is a reflection of author’s personality. "As a man is, so is his speech" (Socrates. www.Britannica.comtopic/.../Georges-Louis-Leclerc-count-de.Web.16Nov2013). In literature, "style is the image of character" (Gibbon, Edward. www.quotessays.com/edwardgibbon.html.Web.16Nov.2013). It is not only outer but also inner, "physiognomy of the mind" (Schopenhauer."Style Brain Pickings": www.Brainpi ckings.org/2014/03/20/schopehaueronstyle/Mar20.2014.Web15Oct.2014). It is ‘Style’ which ensures whether a writer is great or not. "Elevation of style is the echo of a great soul" (Longinus.www.askives.com/what-was-the-romantic-ideaof.Web.2Feb.2012). It varies from author to author and depends upon one’s syntax, word choice and tone. There are four basic literary styles which distinguish the authors from one another. The first is 'Expository or Argumentative' - a subject-oriented style. The focus of the writer in this style is to tell the readers about a specific subject and in the end, the author leaves out his own opinion on the topic. The second is 'Descriptive'. By using this style the author focuses on the description of events, characters or places in detail. The third one is 'Persuasive' by which the writer tries to give reasons and justification to make the