My Issues With My Writing

Throughout the course of this semester in AP Lang, my eyes have been opened to many of the weaknesses I never knew I had in writing. Coming into this semester, I had heard about the difficulty of this class, but was not unduly worried about not receiving an A; I have always considered myself as a competent if not strong writer. However, after failing to attain desired grades on several important essays, I was devastated, and realized that although I had mastered the basics of grammar and writing, there was still much for me to work on. Also, I did not understand that much of my grade in AP Lang would be determined by speaking in front of others, which is not my strong suit. What I have come to find is that writing essays containing all of the new information we have learned throughout the semester, such as requirements for different types of essays and good writing strategies, takes a lot of work, time, and thinking. Unfortunately, my procrastination caused me to only get done what had to be done instead of putting in the extra work and truly understanding everything.

When I stop to think about the memory’s that I have made during my first semester of college; there are both good and bad pieces or times that present themselves. Often with many things there are gray areas, and writing would fall in there for me. I fortunately understand now that I have times where I can over look many of my writing flaws. Such as sentence structure! This by far was my biggest problem in this class, and I fully understand why. Personally I have times that will type up a paragraph and never notice the mistake. That is until someone points it out to me. It’s almost like my brain knows that something is wrong with it, but for some unknown reason it won’t register when I’m revising my paper. So as a writer I have realized that I need to take advantage of people around me and get their feedback on my essay’s; because

The two errors that present the biggest challenge to me in writing are comma splice and unnecessary commas. All throughout high school and into college these two errors have been my biggest downfall. In Fall 2014 semester, I took English 111 and my teacher had written on every paper that I wrote that I have to be careful of both comma splice and unnecessary commas. I can use this class as an opportunity to correct these errors by referring back to this book. In my other class, we didn’t use a book so I never had something to help me understand what exactly I was doing wrong. I hope that with help from my classmates and my teacher I can overcome this obstacle I face in my writing. In addition, I plan to use the book to help me when I am uncertain

The college textbooks always suggest in order to write a good article there are several stages and several points that you should take and consider. For example before you start writing, first you have to brainstorm ideas, take notes, and make outlines. After getting everything in order, you have to decide what kind of article you are writing: a comparison and contrast writing, a cause and effect writing, or etc. Then you have to think of a good thesis statement, subtopic statements, introduction and conclusions, central paragraphs, and many more. Finally you have to worry about having sentence variety, not to use passive voice, not to have run on sentences, not to use too much ‘is’ and ‘and’. I do not know about

While I like to read, writing has never been one of my favorite things. I never write because I had a passion for it, or for pleasure. I can recall in high school, whenever there was something where I was required to write more than one page I will felt discouraged. Writing should come as second nature, because after all it is putting words we speak on paper, but whenever I have to put words on paper I encounter certain issues. I have three issues when whenever I write. Documenting in-text citation and reference is a very important aspect when writing academically. I noticed that even though I have the general idea of citation and referencing I still have a lot to learn. I always want to give credit where it is due to avoid plagiarism. Being used to citing and in different format it gets confusing now

I began this course with the idea that I was a good writer who could write a great paragraph in minutes. After writing my first paper I came to realize that this was not the case. I may have been able to write a paragraph in minutes, but it was not going to be a long one and it probably would need some work. Throughout this class the issue I have struggled with most is making my paragraphs long enough and filled with enough information. I have written three major papers in this class and have seemingly gotten better, but not fully reached my potential at writing a great paragraph that is the correct length.

Time went on, I stopped writing everyday and just wrote the days I was upset or couldn’t sleep. There was a point in time when I would wake up having really weird dreams, so I started writing them down; furthermore, to try and help figure them out. In addition to, three years ago I started writing to myself a year from whatever date that would be on. Focusing on how I pictured my life a year from then, or what I wanted to have accomplished by then. I wrote those letters for emotional release and to have something to look forward to reading in the future. The major issue I assume that I have with writing actual papers is that, I’m so used to writing a journal, therefore it’s hard adjusting to new ways.

To start off, I will describe the things I struggle with in my writing. My vocabulary is not that high so I often use basic terminology rather than using bigger more complex words. I know that I could look up words in the thesaurus, but ever to often I feel like that is just too much work and it takes time. Another thing I find myself doing a lot is making really long lengthy sentences instead of adding commas, semicolon, and periods where they go. In connection, I frequently use the same sentence type such as declarative instead of mixing it up and including a verity of sentences like exclamatory or interrogative. A final struggle I face when it comes to writing is repetition I find myself repeating the same words over and over again.

I am only a senior in high school. There are many challenges I face when it comes to writing. Keeping my sentences grammatically correct, spelling, and having a paragraph that makes sense. All of these things are areas that I know I can improve on with practice. One thing that holds me back is my lack of drive to want to learn about it. I am passionate about many things, my cooking, crafts, and clubs I am involved in for example, but reading and writing have never been something I am extremely interested in.

I sat and stared at the blank screen in front of me. It was as blank as my mind. I dragged my mouse across the screen deleting my work for the eleventh time. We had been given a writing assignment in English two weeks ago. At first it didn’t seem like a hard assignment, I had never had problems writing before, but here I was, head in my hands stuck with writer’s block. I closed the blank word document, then my laptop. At least Mr. Johansen doesn’t have a due date for things, I thought. When he told us this at the beginning of the trimester, I knew it would be a problem for me because I am a procrastinator. I looked at my alarm clock and read the big red boxy numbers, 12:43. Well at least I will be able to get some sleep, I thought to myself

Having your work proofread is not a foolproof way of ensuring that your CV, cover letter or written project is perfect. The proofreader needs to fully understand your entire work, and he or she needs to understand it in context. It is up to you to go through your text and pull out any mistakes. Sadly, you are not a professional proofreader or editor, so there are probably quite a few potential mistakes that you are unaware of. Here are ten unexpected writing mistakes that you may have missed.

Today, I have higher expectations from myself. In the past, I had a tough time beginning my papers, therefore leading to procrastination. Now, I take my time in constructing an outline and organizing my thoughts. This class has also taught me a better understanding of the revision process. I have improved my writing with the help of others. Constructive criticism has played a vital role in improving my writing. I learned that my writing needs major improvement but as I receive feedback, I will become a better writer. In the beginning, I did not feel any pressure when it came to turning in papers because I thought my writing exceeded expectations. I came to realize that I needed to take my time in order to organize my thoughts and use better

My biggest struggle in writing would be starting my introduction because I never really know what information to add in my stating my thesis statement. Although, one way I’m trying to improve this struggle is by either adding small quotes or definitions to hook the reader and to add some info about my topic. Furthermore, one essay that I feel reflects my writing the best would be the midterm essay. I picked the midterm essay because even though it was timed I still took my time and carefully picked which examples I thought would best represent my opinions. In addition, I feel using the quote “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” by Nelson Mandela was a very powerful way to keep the reader interested. Ultimately, while I still haven’t overcome the obstacle of writing an introduction I know I’m slowly starting to find my way towards my goal of not struggling when it comes to starting my essays.

Since the beginning of time, I’ve always hated anything that had to do with writing or reading. Writing to me was always a chore, something that I had to do or else I would fail my classes. To add on, writing wasn’t exactly my forte, I was honestly horrendous at writing. You could give me a whole week to do a book report and I still wouldn’t be able to get it right on my 5th try. Even today, I still despise writing, the thought of not knowing what to write always lingered alongside me. I would often find myself sitting alone in my small room, listening to music and not knowing what to write; I would begin typing out a few sentences, then ultimately backspacing every word because it may not be “ good enough”. This whole typing and

When I was a little girl I loved to write, because my father would give me silly little writing prompts and I would write short paragraphs of made up scenarios. My father really encouraged my writing at an early age, but as I grew older I realized that I struggled with it a lot. I can remember my very first personal journal. The content I would write was so underdeveloped, because I was so young, but I didn’t care at the time. As I grew older, I became fond of roleplaying online on websites or in video games such as World of Warcraft. I continued to roleplay through high school at the same time trying to do the school work my teachers were giving me. My teachers knew I was struggling and didn’t take much interest in helping me. When I first started college, my skills were not up to par. Some things were good and others not so much, but at the end of the day everything that has happened to me has made me the writer I am today.