Personal Narrative: The Writing Process

However, most of the time I will despise writing and try to avoid it as much as possible. The reason I do not like writing is, because I frequently have so much to say and I cannot grasp a way to organize everything. When I write for enjoyment I will mainly write about the thoughts in my head and nonchalantly caring if it makes sense or not. It’s like the difference between a doodle and a drawing. A doodle is just a “whatever” picture. It is just randomly drawn and it won’t matter if the lines are straight or not. In a drawing everything has to be perfect and neat. I enjoy to “doodle” write and just write my thoughts out about anything, I am afraid to publicly say. I’ve been taught to write by having teachers just tell me what they want me to write. The part about me learning to write I kind of have taught myself using some of the knowledge that previous teachers have given me. Not only, but I also, face several challenges as a writer like the lack of creativity and writing descriptively. When I write, I like to just state my point or main idea, but I struggle with describing it in depth and explaining my main idea as specific as possible. Some writers make a drama and explain everything so clearly and their emotions, however I am not that type of

Teachers, parents, and friends often tell students exactly what the writing process should entail and how long it should take. However, the older I get, the more I realize that the writing process varies not only from person to person, but also from one writing project to the next. Throughout my years of life, I have written countless papers, ranging from a persuasive speech to an extensive research paper, and each project requires an altered version of my personal writing process. While each individual has his own writing process, there can be many similarities between different writing processes. Finding one’s individual writing process takes trial, error, and repetition. When an individual finally uncovers his unique writing process, better thought, work, and writing is produced.

Brainstorming- To brainstorm is a prewriting tool used to generate topics and subtopics for writing.

The first step is something I like to call, The Royal Rumble of Ideas. The path in which my paper will follow as well as my thoughts and ideas are formed from the first process. The way in which it does this, is by requiring the writer to apply an abundant amount of focus on one particular area; whereas, the typical strategy, asks for the writer to just write (cue eye roll). If I am to construct a story, I must utilize this step. En passant, I might add, the crux of the former element is very much similar to the latter, as well as in the way in which it works. The commonality to which I am referring, is rumination. The simplicity of it is bemusing, especially considering it’s efficiency, but I will describe that later. The way this is utilized, is by requiring the writer to mull over what they will write next. For example: When I am writing, regardless of the type of paper, I will deeply contemplate what my next sentence will be and how it will be phrased. Incidentally, in English class, I will often be seen staring into the ether, as if I am on a psychotropic drug. There is, however, a reason behind this seemingly sinister image. As I described, rumination is crucial in my writing process: In order to produce a sentence, or a paragraph for that matter, I must distill information from that contemplation. (See, it even

The first two steps of the writing process I use in my own writing is to choose a topic and to brainstorm. These are important steps that need to be done before I even start writing. If there is a list of topics I can choose from to

In addition to being physically prepared for writing, I like to take a moment of silence before I start any writing. This gives me time to clear my mind of any miscellaneous thoughts and become focus before I start writing. This is similar to how monks meditate to keep their heads in a calm state of mind, achieving enlightenment and being able to do things better. Similarly to how people just close their eyes to gather their thoughts or to keep calm. I like to just close my eyes and gather thoughts about what I'm

When I think about writing, I feel intellectually ravenous toward the subject I am given. When I am tasked with a writing assignment I figure out how I feel about the subject and what ideas I could incorporate into my writing that pertains to the subject. I find it easier to write after knowing how I feel and doing research on the topic to gain a better understanding of what I'm supposed to be writing about. After studying the subject, I organize my paper and construct the layout of the paper to see how I want my paper to flow, and what emotions are to be portrayed in my writing. This part is very important to do because I am a horrible writer without knowing beforehand how I want everything to sound and flow. After the planning process, I

My writing process is very simple and mostly like the authors in the video. The writing process I use while I write is simple tool to use, it only has 5 parts to it. Everybody process different an author can have also have multi ways to write depending on this subject you are writing on. To me it is the beginning of the writing process is the most important step in the writing process. Before I write my paper I brainstorms thoughts and topics and also my platform. Some people do not like to brainstorm before they write but I have to in order to write a good paper. I like to make an outline of what I want to say by making a list of what I could possibly use in my paper. The next writing process is the longest and hardest for me because I have

My academic writing experiences have consisted mainly of writing various types of papers and assignments for college courses. They included completing literature reviews, writing research papers, writing response papers, and keeping journals. The biggest writing challenges I have faced are both initiating and organizing the writing assignment. Initiating the writing assignment has been a challenge, because I often feel I don't know where or how to begin. I over-analyze the assignment to the point where I often second guess myself on what I want to say in my writing assignment. When it comes to organizing the assignment, I have a hard time deciding what and where to put certain elements of what I need to write. I have worked very hard to overcome these challenges. The best thing I have done with my challenge of initiating the writing assignments is to just start writing even if I don't know what I want to say. I have found that once I commit to writing 'something' my mind begins to clear and focus on the task at hand. I can then start to formulate what I need to write. My other challenge of organization has also been difficult. However, I have found that creating an outline of what I want to say has helped me a great deal. Once I have an outline in place it allows me to keep my writing on track so I don't stray off topic.

Through this assignment, I have learned some new writing skills and recalled some of the writing strategies I learned from my previous writing courses at UC Davis. For instance, I learned that free-write is a good technique in writing because it allows writers to write down all their ideas without judging them. I will definitely apply this technique in my future assignments not only in this course, but also other courses that require me to write.

To be honest, I have never really enjoyed writing that much. Even though I don't enjoy the activity, years of english classes have made it easier and more bearable for me. In addition these classes have taught me numerous techniques and tips for crafting a fine paper. Even though I have a few good qualities that make me a decent writer, I believe that my greatest one is my ability to plan and structure essays. When I write a larger paper I start with an outline that plans out my introduction, main points, sub-points, and conclusion. This outline helps me organize my thoughts, so when it comes to writing my actual essay the process is faster and my ideas are coherent and easier to understand. Outlining my papers before I write

My current personal writing process is not consistent. Sometimes I brainstorm, create cluster charts, and lists, but other times I throw together an essay and hope for the best. Most of the time, I read the directions of a writing assignment and make sure I understand the parameters of the assignment very clearly. Next, I ponder upon the assignment for a while. Then, I like to brainstorm some of the ideas that may have come to mind throughout the day. After brainstorming, I will take out anything that does not make sense or is irrelevant to my writing topic. Now, I usually start to organize my ideas into an outline or a flow chart. Once I can see the organization take place, I fill in the details giving me a rough draft. Afterwards, I will

The first stage which is the most important thing in my writing process is that to know what is the purpose of the topic that I am going to write about and after that I have to figure out that. Following those steps the next will be to just simply start typing without worrying about nothing it might sound crazy because logical you cannot build a house without having materials that are needed obviously, but for me as a foreigner and having difficulties in writing the best way to have my ideals and thoughts flow is that to just sit down and type without hesitation that way I can have what I want. The next stage is going to be to read what I wrote carefully and choose the best supporting ideas that are going to make my work after that the finale

Freewrite in response to one of the following prompts, replacing the Xs with the ideas for topics that you generated during your brainstorming session. Before you begin, set a goal of a certain number of minutes or a set amount of pages you will write.

Writers while writing may form some type of process to gather ideas or organize their thoughts into cohesive text. Once given either an idea or a prompt one must think about how they will go about writing. To develop strong writing time must be taken to outline ideas, write drafts, submit revisions, and be happy with the finished product. Every writer will have their own ways of handling their