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

While attending writing class, I learned about the 4 steps in writing, bases for revising, organizing, and connecting specific information, and I also learned about the different types of essays such as descriptive, narrative, process, cause and effect and argumentative essay. I have been a student at Milwaukee Area Technical College for 1 semester, and over the course of my enrollment I have grown and learned more that I knew prior to attending this writing course. Participating in this writing class has taught me so much more than stuff about literature and language, it has taught me another way of expressing myself. I have learned here how to write and express myself, how to think for myself, and how to find the answers to the things that I don 't know. Most importantly I have learned how important technique, outlines and organization are. My goal in this paper is to inform writers about how my writing skills have improved.

How can I become a better writer? Throughout my writing experiences, I have learned I have many weaknesses along with strengths. My experiences with writing has not always been the best, but over time, with lots of practice and instructions from my instructors, I can proudly say that I have gained a better understanding on the layout of essays and papers. As well as understanding how to write correctly my goal as a writer is to learn how to overcome my weaknesses and use my strengths to my highest ability. I have many strengths, weaknesses and goals that I plan to achieve and overcome in my college career.

Writing is always a struggle. You have to analyze texts, search for sources, write multiple rough drafts, check for spelling and grammar issues, cite your sources, and support your statements with facts. The list goes even longer, but this is just enough to make anybody stressed. Everyone can relate to the struggles of writing, and personally, I have fallen victim to many of these struggles. However, even though writing is very difficult, you can gain experience on how to write successfully.

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

Writing is not something that always comes naturally. The art of writing requires patience and continual practice. As a Bethel University student, I have many resources available to me to assist me with my practice. One example is Paperrater.com. This is a free resource with a fast and easy way to get an immediate review of your writing. The website offers basic instructions on how to revise papers based off style, word choice, spelling, and grammar rules.

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” Lines like these were always running through my mind when I got involved with my school’s journalism program. It was my sophomore year, and I remember walking into school with my usual, and sometimes excessive, self-confidence. This inflation, I think, was rooted in my new position in the school’s newspaper, editor in training. Hitherto, I was just a reporter and I gained a lot of experience in journalism. “How can I make this story as interesting as possible for my reader?” I would ask myself. I wrote quite a few. From short stories about espionage, to a quick tip on how to heal a sports injury. My experience grew pretty broad, and I was eager to use it all in designing the newspaper as head editor. However, amidst my enthusiasm, there was a failure I didn’t see coming.

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

After going reading through my final essays and reflection letters, it's surprising how quickly I have deleveled and improved as a writer. Before started this class, I knew, as a writer, where my weaknesses lied: word choice, transitional phases, brainstorming, and finally putting my thoughts into writing. My goal was to work on them and improve, and I was successful. The process all began once I started using the “verb tense” strategy in my Unit One Essay. With this strategy, I was able to not only use better word choice but also strengthen the entire sentence. (Killed two birds with one stone.) Personally, I believe a lot of strategies for improvement came from Unit One. It was in this Unit that I realized how hard it is for me to organize

Writing had become a thing of the past to her, good memories indubitably. The chance to take a position in an important matter over an essay, the opportunity of having a fictional short story published in an anthology, and the pure imagination of creating a plotline. She was trying to balance and carry everything, that what had used to rest on top, had tumbled to the ground. With the upcoming obstacles ahead of her, a decision to pick it back up was made. Her future depends on everything that has happened with writing, and everything that is about to happen.

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.

When I first started out writing papers I was absolutely horrible at it. In high school I would always get C’s or D’s on my papers, always struggling to pass the English classes. Throughout this class I have learned to be more confident in my writing and not to hold anything back, the more insight into backgrounds of people that were in your story the more sense your paper would make and the more interesting they became. I used to be scared to write about personal things, that I might be judged or

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.

I used to love to write poetry and short stories, I found it a way to release my emotions and gain perspective. A small group of my friends would often trade our short stories and poetry to share with each other and gain feedback on our creative writing. As I got into high school, I continued to enjoy the creative writing, but not so much the research papers. My first English Composition class in college left me second guessing everything I had learned about writing and turned me away from any interest I had left. Creative writing at one time was easy for me, research writing was difficult for me, I really struggled with grammar, and when you add the negative experience in college you could say I lost all confidence and my writing. I am going to take you through my early experience in writing, the experience that gave me a voice and pushed me through life’s challenges. After that I am going to share that one experience that knocked down my confidence, making me feel like I had lost a voice, or at least the words to portray my knowledge, and life’s experience. Finally, I will end with finding that joy again in the creative writing and developing my writing skills through documentation required in my career.