My Writing : The Secret Of Change

Like transforming from a caterpillar to a butterfly, my writing style transformed from something mediocre to something quite exceptional. In high school, even when I took advanced placement English and Literature courses, I was never good at writing. My writing would lack structure, reasoning, syntax, and a well-defined thesis statement. My inadequate grades on writing assignments lowered my self-esteem, so I assumed I would never enjoy writing papers because I believed I could never improve. However, since attending a university my writing style has improved far beyond my expectation. My EN 101 course enhanced my understanding of the different ways I could approach my writing. Also, it enhanced my comprehension of outlines to complete assignments. Investing quality time into my writing made a substantial difference because I became a stronger writer. Through the late nights, constant revisions, and agonizing head traumas, I learned that my writing is truly spectacular whenever I incorporate well-defined thesis statements, provide sufficient supporting evidence, and maintain a clear focus in my assignments.

As a writer, I find myself getting lost. Typically, when I go to start writing I hit a brick wall. It’s as if all my thoughts suddenly escape my mind and I draw a blank. It takes me forever to conjure up some form of a thesis and then takes even longer to figure out what I should write to support it in a way that makes sense. Then, attempting to find a way to organize my ideas and put them together in cohesive paragraphs seems like an impossible task in the moment. It is not uncommon for me to get flustered and just throw something down on the paper because I get anxious seeing how much work is left to do. If I end up going back to read it over prior to submission,

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

Throughout my writing career I never would have considered myself a solid writer as it wasn’t until this semester that I actually received my first A on a paper in my high school or college writing career. This came soon into this semester as I realized that something needed to change for me to give myself a chance at making an A in writing for this semester. These changes I knew needed to come from my writing process as I felt that my process was witholding me from achieving A’s on my writing assignments. After reflecting on my writing process, I concluded that I needed to change the processes by which I wrote and edited my papers. This semester my writing has benefitted from the changes to my writing process in the aspects of writing and editing rough drafts as the quality of my writing has improved since the implementation of breaks in my writing and multi person editing of my rough drafts in my

I agree with you, Nicole, It is crucial that we proofread our writing. For example, there are instances even myself cannot make sense of what wrote the night before, so I am learning to read a paper multiple times and have someone else read it back to me before posting it for the instructor. I find myself writing a better paper if I write it in the morning. Great post,

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

However you were reminded of that very suddenly one morning, at 1 o'clock when your phone started buzzing against your nightstand.

As shown by my portfolio, my writing has progressed in various ways through this quarter. In some of my first writings, such as early journals and test essays, I didn’t use the compelling adjectives that are able to paint pictures in the reader’s head. As a starting point, I used bland adjectives that would not be able to grab the reader’s attention. For a simple example, I used “good” and “better” in my A Raisin in the Sun essay when I could have wrote more effective words, such as “exceptional” and “superior”. Details can build up writing in a substantial matter, and I was not able to grasp this concept at the beginning of the quarter. Further, I rarely utilized transition statements to connect differing topics and ideas. In my first identity essay draft, my paragraphs were choppy and difficult to follow. When introducing new ideas, there has to be a certain shift among them. Without these shifts, my writing went through radical differences through paragraphs. With each draft, I strengthened the flow of my paper by adding a multitude of transitions. Instead of placing transitions only at the beginning and end of paragraphs, I utilized one every few lines. The sentences meshed much smoother this way. Most

When I first got into English this year, i thought i was already great at writing and i did not know how i could possibly improve. I was completely wrong. This is not at all a bad thing. I was in for quite a rude awakening. I was very mad at the time about how hard things were and how complicated they were getting so very fast, but now i know that that was all worth it. Just looking back at how bad the weekly paragraph i revised was, was proof how much i have improved since then. My word choice is much better now, which you can see in the local revision, and my overall structure is better now. I learned that you can not just throw a bunch of ideas and thoughts into one paragraph. You need explanation and set up to emphasize ideas. After looking

“ Hey guys, what shape do you think you would make if you connected all the pimples on her face?” joked Allison.

Days go by. They hurt my wing asking me to change. All they don't know is that I can't change when I'm hurt. I want to tell then that if I could change that I would of been gone a long time ago but their is no way to communicate with them. One day they give me a tote and some ink. "Tell us why don't you change." Quickly I write down the answer. They stop hurting my wing and treat every once in a while. As I wait I think of fun memories. Jay's funny jokes. Cole's horrible cooking. Kai's angry tantrums. Lloyd's training. Nya and me chatting. Most of all Zane. His eye his voice everything. When ever I think of him I seem to calm down and relax. Every day I wait and look at the door waiting for anyone to show up. I don't even care if it is dareth.

I believe that my approach to writing has changed over the course of the semester. My confidence in my writing has grown, as well as my knowledge in sentence structure, grammar, and word choice. At the beginning of the year, I doubted my writing abilities, but at this point, I feel as though I can handle large, intricate papers. I did not expect my writing to change drastically, but I did expect the small, technical details in my papers to improve, and I think they did. Overall, I have grown about as much as I expected to as a writer, and it has been very beneficial.

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

This year, I have faced a lot of challenges with writing and reading that I never really thought could happen.The readings and writing that I have done from this assignment are similar to the readings and writings I have done in the past. In the past my teachers always made sure that I ,as an student, understood how to go more in depth with my writing and how to consider the reader as I was writing. They also taught me how to analyze and how to explain and support the realization I made. The difference between the writings and reading I have done now and the ones I have did in the past is that I was taught how to think rhetorically and how I could use different rhetorical devices by writing. You have to really consider the individual , your audience and cultural things too.I have definitely improved on the width of my paragraphs and how to use a hook to get the reader's attention.Some set goals that I have set for myself and my future of writing is improving on my ability to compose in multiple environments, my knowledge of convention and my metacognition.  I would like to improve on  my ability to compose in multiple environments because I kind of favor writing with pen and paper more than I do of typing my work up. I would like to get comfortable with typing so that if it's mandatory to type I would be able to do it effectively. I would like to improve on my knowledge of convention because I would like to spot out most of my errors and correct them in the process of my

Writing is a way for people to communicate their feelings, thoughts, ideas, opinions, and stories and is an important component to everyday life. However, in high school, when given a writing assignment I was motivated to complete the assignment rather than learn and grow from the assignment. Freshman Composition I has indirectly taught me to think critically, become more responsible, and more skilled in communicating my ideas. Reflecting over the course I am proud to see my strength in the writing process, using transitions, and providing insightful comments, yet I still need improvement on writing thesis statements.