During my past writing experience, I have struggled with formulating and initiating interesting points of discussion, grammar, and transitions. I have often sat down to work on a paper and found myself completely drawing a blank on anything interesting to write about. Whether I am given a specific prompt or general topic to discuss, I constantly struggle with finding a starting point. Once I do, I become too focused on trying to create a poetic sounding paper, rather than focusing on the main discussion points. In some ways, focusing on making my papers poetic have added detail and depth to my writing. However, this frequently distracts me from my papers main theme. One of my biggest drawbacks with writing has always been proper grammar usage.
A person can read and write a great deal in one day whether they realize it or not. Whether it be texting a friend or reading a textbook for a certain class, you are reading and writing constantly and a daily basis. What surprised me the most about the reading and writing that I did on Sunday was how much I am reading and writing on my phone. Whether I am texting to coordinate plans with a friend for the night or reading a random article I saw while reading a Facebook news feed, I am constantly reading and writing on my phone. I never considered it reading and writing when I used my phone, I just saw it as looking at my phone. Just staring at this four-inch screen for some sort of entertainment. What also surprised me was how much we read without noticing it. You can walk down State Street and you will be constantly reading by looking at stores, posters, or even words on a bus that is passing by. Our eyes and brains are looking at and reading words all the time.
Lacking experience in writing and reading, English is my most feared subject. It is the one and only vulnerable spot in my in my mind. I hate writing and I hated reading, other than sports pages in the newspaper or sports books. My earliest time that I started reading and writing was extremely abhorrent for me. Sometimes, you could even say that some of these experiences bothered me. It was quite hard because I wasn’t able to focus on what I need to do. I was even struggling to write my own name. The young mind that I had, it was so easy to get distracted on what I need to learn and also accomplish, especially for the future ahead of me.
Write down for both your writing - as well as for your audio-visual skills what your strengths and weakness are. Be concrete and detailed. Give evidence / arguments why you think this is so. Below some sentences are given which may help you on your way.
Reading and writing has always created a sense of understanding for me in my art. Reading in the literal sense is a way that we understand text or symbols in our minds which in turn create meaning. Writing also in a literal sense is our way of communicating our knowledge and emotions to others through symbols in text. The human experience for all people includes communication and through reading and writing this experience is created. From the beginning of this course, my only prior experience with reading and writing were high school level course over literature and reading. I had an average level of rhetoric,reading,writing and language overall however, understanding the significance of these subjects was never put forth in such a way until I took this course. I discovered through this course that reading is a combination of not only our “visual information” but also our “nonvisual information”. My comprehension of reading has evolved from reading
One of my most challenging experiences in writing was actually in Virginia Wesleyan College. During my last semester, I was taking Professor Ruh’s ENG 250 class called 19th Century American Women Writers, and we were required to write a few literary analytical essays on novels and short stories that were written by women during the 19th century. Even though the class was very interesting, I was having such a hard time writing my essays that I actually thought I would never be able to pass his class after I failed my first essay. I am usually the type of student that never asks for help because I would often feel intimidated by my teachers. However, I managed to speak up and ask for his help throughout the entire semester and because of that,
Literature to me has been uplifting, motivational, and therapeutic; I was hooked from my very first book. No matter what occurred in my life I always had a book or writing as an outlet. My love off reading was the catalyst for my interest in writing. Reading such beautiful novels created a need within me to learn such a craft. My first attempts on my voyage ultimately ended in cringe worthy disasters; however I do believe I have come a long way in my stride to learn all I can on literature. My writing has become much more structured and articulate, I have also seen my literary understanding expand; I do still have a few weaknesses I need to work through, such as my struggle with concentration through timed writing, as well as my less than noteworthy
Writing has continuously served as a getaway in my life. It has kept me from bottling up my thoughts and emotions and has allowed me to express all of these things on paper. Communicating through speaking has always been a weakness of mine. It is for this reason that I often turn to writing to convey my feelings. Though have such an immense passion for free-writing, I have found myself struggling when comes to writing academic papers. Generally, I enjoy writing when it is something that I am interested in. In Composition I and II, I often have had the opportunity to choose the topic that I write my paper on. I am confident that this has been a major turning point for me within my academic essays. Ultimately, Composition I and II have taught
My earliest memory of writing is when I was in first grade. The writing assignment was to write something exciting that happened over the summer. I chose to write about how I became a big sister. It was a short assignment, with mostly pictures instead of words. I wrote about how exciting it was to be a big sister for the first time. She was like a cool new toy that I just wanted to play with.
My love for writing flourished at a very young age. I still remember the feeling of being the astonishing writer in my entire 5th grade class. We were told to make a genuinely simple short story, easy enough right? Well that would not cut it for my 10 year old mind. I acquired to make the most astonishing story my class had ever heard. That’s precisely what I did. While everybody else in the class had their 1-2 page story I had my 4-5 page story ( Plus mine had a wondrous picture on the front that went perfectly with my story). My story was about a fire monster and nothing is cooler than a fire monster. My teacher was in awe, so in awe he read it to the entire class. I was virtually famous for the entire day. That’s where my passion for writing for writing legitimately began.
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.
I started writing in preschool and started typing in the 2nd grade. I have always been good at writing or telling stories. And making up tall tales.
I first took interest in writing when i was in middle school. majority of the time in english class , we did a no judge zone with creative writing / free writing which gave everybody the chance
A large majority of my childhood consisted of me either writing or reading. It was just a recurrent factor. The ability to get lost in a book was something my younger self was particularly fond of. Everyday I would write in my journal about my day or a random story I came up with on
As I have lacked experience in reading and writing English has become my most feared subject. It happens to be my only weak spot in my perfect academic record. Other than social media, I cannot recall reading anything since “Shakespeare” it was assigned to me by my 10th grade English teacher. Not that I read a great deal before that, I don’t recall persuing any books in my past years of school either. When it comes to English, my brain feels like rusty gear covered in spider webs in an old machine trying to start up for the first time in centuries.