My Writing As A Writer

If we are to establish that good writing is made up of basic control of the language that is being written, adherence to conventions of grammar and style, and the ability to present a cogent argument and reasonable support for that argument, I may qualify as a good writer. However, it must be recognized that there is a great deal of distance from simply being good at a subject or task and having developed mastery of the same. Thus, I would argue that while I am a good writer I have yet to cross the threshold of skill that qualifies me as a great writer. Greatness in writing exhibits a level of awareness and development of thought that is rare and hard to achieve. As a product of this class, I would like to find myself closer to that finely

Looking at my past as a writer I would have to say that I am mediocre but I am sure my wife would think much less when grading my writing. I am not sure I have grown as a writer over the past few semesters or my understanding of what is expected as grown. Either way writing has become easier for me, mainly when I have an interest in the subject matter. In the past I would have been terrified of a ten page paper and even though I would still find longer papers to be a daunting task I would not be quite as afraid now as then. My writing since starting at Robert Morris has grown from the helpful tips provided by a few teachers. Websites to help with proofreading and help in citing works have been provided by past instructors to help attain the

I may not be the best writer there is out there but I do put all of me into each piece I develop. I believe in giving it your all at all times. If your giving it anything less why try at all. I'm huge on that theory and I believe it means a lot more than I believe it to be. I hope that each piece I submit this semester is nothing less than my best and I hope to take in all the criticism and use it to my advantage.

Rain is crucial to all living things from every walk of life. Rain brings destruction and regrowth, leaving a clean slate and a new beginning. I selected this theme because while the focal point and characters change throughout my writing the constant idea throughout my pieces consisted of moving on, growing, and starting a new beginning. I think that lately my writing has been full of an unknown tone, an excitement/ fear of growing up and starting over. I believe this is all because I've reached a point in my life where I’m going to college and moving away. I’m delighted to be able to go out on my own and experience new things, but it’s kind of nostalgic to know that my childhood is coming to a close. However I’m aware that not all people

I would have to say that I am closer to a writer than I use to be, but I’m also not where I would like to be. I was always told that I was a natural writer until I got to high school. Everyone either caught up to my level, surpassed it, or I plateaued. Trying to improve myself, I took honors and AP English literature. Unfortunately, I had only felt worse about my writing when I got to AP. My teacher, Mrs. Tomaselli, never gave anyone A’s so I did not feel too bad about myself, but gave no positive feedback. I did however compare a piece of writing I was very proud of that I did in 11th with a recent piece, both about my Polychondritis. The two pieces made me see the evolution of my writing. As far as the class English 101 goes, I have

Upon rereading the last three essays i wrote i gained some new insight about my writing, the good and the bad. The best part of my writing would be my body paragraphs. I believe my body paragraphs are good because i spend way more time on them than the introduction and conclusion. Another reason i believe they are good is because i back my claims with facts while including commentary, which is what you're supposed to do making me believe my body paragraphs are good because i spend more time on them and follow the lines on how to make effective body paragraphs. Even though i found good things about my writing there are also things i don't find appealing. Some things I don't like in my essays are the introductions and conclusions. This is

Writing is the ability to form words and phrases into a well thought-out idea. However, many people find writing to be difficult and tedious at times. Even professional writers have reported episodes of “Writer’s Block”. Nonetheless, writing is a fundamental practice of an educated individual. In order to become a great writer one must examine their strengths, weakness, and strategies for perfecting the art of writing.

Writing has always been a passion of mine. I always have loved writing. A few years ago I found my true knack for writing, I wanted be an author. My favorite type of writing is writing stories of magic, love stories, and adventure. Being a YA Fantasy author is my dream job and I hope it is my job someday, but until then I have jump the many obstacles to get there. One of those obstacles is writing this portfolio. Obviously none of these essays have magic, love stories, or adventure in it so I had to write something out of my comfort zone. I had to dig deeper and truly test my writing skills. These essays don’t have magic, love stories, or adventure, but they show who I am and what type of writer I am.

Writing is not everyone's cup of tea, but it is a past time that I have learned to love over the recent years. Whether it be writing for school, or just writing for fun, it is an activity that helps me to express many of my feelings.

When I first started writing, my ordinary yellow 2B pencil and the college ruled binder paper seemed to make a great couple. On the other hand, my relationship with my writing has been a love or hate relation. Writing on binder paper has given me this sense of comfort at certain times. Then, there are occasions where I dread long boring writing topics. Though, Youth chapter books were probably any reason why I started to enjoy anything relating with English. Middle school humor has always entertained me because the content is relatable. While on the other hand, the young adult’s sarcastic or satirical humor books were difficult to understand due to the indirect motives. After reading and writing different styles and topics, my confidence level boosts up.

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.

Everyone has a way of expressing their emotions. Whether it’s painting a picture or creating some kind of art. Mine happened to be writing. I have always loved writing because I felt that writing was the only way that I could truly pour my heart and soul out. Whether it was an amazing day or an awful day, I would write it down. What writing meant to me was to confide in myself and write everything that was in my head onto paper. As much as I loved writing, I also despised it. I learned that journaling was completely different from academic writing and somehow, I found academic writing very stressful because of how difficult it was for me to write. There were a few teachers that said I was, in their own words, “an excellent writer”, but I knew those weren’t their most honest words. I wasn’t being hard on myself or was I in any way saying that to get sympathy; I was saying that because when it I took the college exams, I received an average writing score and I know an average score wouldn 't cut it. However, it wasn 't just writing that I struggled with; It was the personal statement that gave me the most stress and anxiety. The process of writing my personal statement made me doubt my abilities in being a good writer and consequently decreased my opportunities in winning scholarships and getting accepted into universities under the UC system.

All throughout my years of schooling, I’ve had just about, one paper that was about one page long, due every year. My papers never had to be more than one page in length. Therefore, I did not have to do much writing or do many essays. Surely not enough to remember any of the assignments. Writing has never been something I enjoyed doing, so I never bothered to many any memories of my writing experiences. I did not think it was necessary to remember any of them since I only had to do them to get a grade. The only writing experience I remember was the first assignment I had in this English 100 class about a writing experience. All week long, I sat there thinking about what to write about, but nothing came to mind as a topic. Then, one thing came to mind, but it was so very vague, I could not write the length that was needed for the assignment. I could only think of a few sentences to write for it. After sitting for a few moments longer, I thought, how about I write about how difficult it was for me to write this essay before it was due.

I started to write since I was seven years old. At that time, I completely did not know what is writing. Teacher told us to write diaries and read storybooks every day. Thus, at the beginning of writing, I thought writing is to record things happened in every day life with emotions or some kind of unrealistic stories that is in one’s mind. However, writing was so confusing to me. I could only write down my memories for the day with simple emotions such as happy, sad or angry. Later on, teacher started to assign topic essays rather than just write diaries. For example, we could write about a pretty scene we have seen, a person we have met or a place we have been. After several months of practice, my ability for composing sentences got better, but my writing was still hollow.

I have never been a strong writer, even though I love to read. People told me that being a good reader would make me a better writer, but I have yet to see the fruits of it. Although learning how to write has always been something I aspire to do, through all my years of school not once has a teacher ever taught me how to write. Teachers have always assumed the previous teacher taught the skills I need to write a decent essay. My teachers have commented on how my sentence structure and transitions are weak within my essays, but they have never shown me how strengthen my sentences. Grammar is something I have always been atrocious at. The first time commas were explained to me was my junior year of high school, and it was just a quick review since I was supposed to know how to use them already, even though not one teacher took the time to thoroughly explain when to use commas and how to use commas. When grading essays, my teachers never commented on the errors or went over them with me to help me understand my mistakes; they just handed the essay back with a grade on it. I believe these are the main reasons I am struggling to produce college level essays.