Personal Narrative: My Writing As A Writer

My earliest experience with writing was my learning period that formed not only my style of writing but how I studied and the ability to apply words and concepts into a structured format. The process at first was difficult because it was my first time being exposed to structured writing which caused me to put it off until the last minute or lose interest in the topic I was writing about. The rowdy classroom was eager to release near the end of the day, but we knew we had to face one of the more uninteresting subjects of the day: middle school English.The teacher thoroughly explained our assignment which made each one of us cringe. The class finally initiated work mode and I was clueless. I would start to make progress but would be constantly

In my first “Who I am as a Writer” paper I stated how one of the areas that I needed to improve was writing. I went into more depth talking about how my writing is not descriptive enough and how I cannot grab the reader's attention. Even though I still need to continue making improvements, I have gotten better in both of these aspects. Compared to my papers in high school my introduction paragraphs have improved.

Writing has been a part of my life since I was a young lad. I loved making up stories, writing them down, and then telling these stories to my family. My dreams were to become a writer one day, but those dreams were destroyed by my step-father. He would tell me that I would never succeed in writing and never make a career out of it. I moved on from writing at a young age and did not enjoy it growing up after that moment. Once I got into high school I did not learn much techniques on writing due to my 9nth and 10nth grade teachers never putting effort into teaching the students. They would put a movie on every day and just be on their phones for the most part. This way of teaching changed when I entered 11nth grade. My English teacher, Mr. Ho, was different than my previous teachers.

To many of my school classmates writing came as second nature; to me not so much. It was clear that my weak relationship with writing was going to be an issue if I didn’t get a grip on it. Writing has constructed many obstacles in my life, but with the right words and guidance I continue to overcome the language.

It is always complicated writing and expressing in a language that is different from mine. I most of the time have an idea that I want to write about, but I know the difficulties that I am going to face while writing such as having mistakes in grammar structures, or maybe not knowing how to basically order my idea in the right way to let the reader grasp it easily.

My relationship with writing would be described as a complicated relationship. I have always had cruddy luck with obtaining the “superb” English teachers, and was typically stuck with the “inadequate” English teacher. This “inadequate” teacher was typically the one with little to no experience, but would grade harshly with the mindset of a Ph.D. English professor. So, my relationship with writing has steadily gone to disheartening lows. These English teachers typically prescribed writing assignments of critical analysis. While I believe critical analysis should be taught to students because of the benefits due to the fact that it can be applied to a variety of subjects that the student may be taking, I still believe that a few people lean towards writing creatively. I have always been a voracious reader, but it doesn’t seem to reflect in my writing because all the writing that I have been doing up to this point has been critical analysis of other literature. I like to read fiction and enjoy it without complicating it. This is also the reason I like to read historical and science fiction.

What was the most recent writing I have done in the last year or week? When asked this question, I responded to what I have written in the last week. In the last week I have filled out numerous applications, both for jobs and scholarships. I have also kept up with filling in a wall calendar to keep track of not only my school schedule and assignment dates but also my work schedule for both jobs. In addition to hand writing I have also sent out numerous text messages. For me writing has opened up a new way for me to organize my life and figure out my priorities. Writing has also helped me discover who I am and a new way for me to express myself through a personal journal about my major milestones in life.

I am Mariela Barragan and I am in your Tuesdays and Thursdays Freshman Composition class. To me a writer is someone who is creative, who really loves to write, and someone that can express ideas and feelings into words and puts it out there for others to read about. I don't consider myself to be a writer because first of all I don’t like writing and second of all I have a lot of difficulty expressing my ideas into words.

From the early beginning of the school year to the current day, my writing skills and knowledge have improved and broadened over time. If not drastic, the change is noticeable nevertheless. For almost an entirety of eighth grade, assignments of varying difficulty challenged me to a degree. To be frank, some seemed as though they were beyond my comprehension and ability. However, determination amalgamated with knowledge obtained in advance helped me to overcome my doubts, for I exceeded my expectations; surprisingly good grades and comments are a delight, owing to the fact of that I don’t tend to think of myself as being proficient at writing. Consequently, the assignments given to me this school year shaped me into who I am as a writer.

Stephen Kings once said, “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” A quote that describes how I feel every time am given a writing assignment. I often find it easier to start with my body paragraphs to ease the thought of starting with an intro. My journey as a writer from childhood to young adult has been slow, transitional, growing, revealing, and challenging.

I do not like to write. The thought of me being a writer is a small thought because I don’t like writing. I don’t like writing because I don’t find it interesting. But I do like reading because most writers put a lot of details into their stories. All of my memories of writing assignments are bad. As a kid, I did not like when we had to write what we did as a kid like trips and other things where I had to explain myself. Every writing assignment seems like torture because I don’t like writing. When a teacher says we have a writing assignment I feel like I want to cry.

It’s hard to recall a time where I’ve succeeded in creating a somewhat decent paper, mostly because I never wrote much as a high school student. However, last semester, I did write three essays for my Psychology class which resulted in a good grade and very great feedback. I put a lot of time in coming up with personal examples that would interest my professor. As I expected, my professor loved how personal my essays were and how I met the criteria.

This year has gone surprisingly well. Albeit it's been three days, but I’m hopeful that this’ll be trend that continues. One major goal of mine for this year is passing my classes. If I can accomplish that, I’ll be happy. This is the first year I’m taking a college-level course. I’m in two AP classes. If nothing else, I want to become a better writer through this class. Learning how to write essays that are up to par for college is a necessary evil that I hope to work on. On an educational standpoint I want to improve myself as much as possible. My course load is going to be difficult to say the least. Being able to manage my time and still be able to do what I want is going to be a struggle for me.

From 2nd to 7th grade, I used to think of myself as a good writer. I would write my papers and have my mom double check them, and most of the time, they didn’t have too many mistakes. By the time I was in 6th and 7th grade, I was on my own and didn’t need her to check them anymore. Seeing as my mother was a teacher, she knew the importance of good grades and instilled that same mindset in me. I averaged As and Bs and held this average with ease up until 8th grade. I came into 8th grade very confident that I was going to get good grades. I was now on the top of the food chain and had almost perfected balancing all the sports I played with school work. Walking into English class, I was very excited to see that the class was small, and many of

Something I never used to do on essays before paper 1 was brainstorm. I always struggled on how I the proper way to get my point across or