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My Relationship With Writing

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My relationship with writing has always been more of a punishment or torture than a pleasure or recreational fun. I have always felt like I was a poor writer, no matter what the content or subject was. I do enjoy proofreading or correcting grammar mistakes but as far as writing a paper from scratch, I feel a great deal of inadequacy. I do not particularly like or care for writing generally speaking because of the many fears and lack of ability to express my thoughts.
I have many fears when it comes to writing a paper, essay, or even just a discussion post. My biggest fear when it comes to writing is the overall poor quality of my paper. I constantly feel like my paper is inadequate or that I will lose the reader long before my paper is over. I am always worried that my grammar is under par; or that because of my low vocabulary, that the reader will just discard or label my paper as foolishness. I am also afraid that I do not punctuate my sentences correctly, and that I will have either run-ons or incomplete sentences.
I have a very hard time expressing my thoughts or feelings on paper. However, I have found that I have the ability to converse on many subjects. My wife says that I have ability to talk to anyone about anything, and I can sometimes transfer my thoughts from the conversation …show more content…

I have never looked forward to writing in any form. I do not get any enjoyment out of it except for when I am done. This is probably the thing that I dislike about Bethel University, there is so much writing involved but no mathematics. I do have a brief sense of enjoyment for writing but that’s only if I do well on a paper and the feeling does not last very long. I have been able to write instructional papers for coworkers and/or clients as to the process of manufacturing our product, but this has been more of a step-by-step tutorial rather than my thoughts on a specific

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