Reflective Essay Writing

Writing has affected my life for the better, but our relationship is still rocky. I never realized how much of an impact writing would have on my life, until I began my career in law enforcement. Prior to my career in law enforcement, I was a student-athlete. I always viewed writing as a chore, something that I had to do, and that always frustrated me. It frustrated me, because, I did not think I was good at it. I then discovered personal writing. I began writing letters, telling stories, the whole nine yards; I learned to allow personal writing to be an outlet, and that helped me to become an overall better writer. After I became familiar with personal writing, writing started to grow on me. I found myself doing more and more writing, and I was enjoying it. When I enjoy writing, it makes the whole process seem easier.

The first thing I can remember about my writing was in 8th grade my English teacher inspired me to write. Not only about short stories but about my life if I didn't want to talk about my problems. I remember it so well, I was having a hard time with school and family issues were happening. My grades reflected that writing helped me a lot. I realized what I had to do, writing changed everything opened up more I felt better as a person my writing opened my eyes in a way. I did my work and efficiently. I don't like to read nearly as much as I like to write. I used to write a lot more about things I thought I was pretty good at writing short stories but then I just stopped

Writing is a practice that most of us were taught when we were young. We were taught the basics of grammar, how to form a sentence, conjunction words, how to write paragraphs and more. Although we have learned this skill while growing up and have used the skill every year after entering kindergarten, this does not mean our writing process will ensure the best work. The authors that I chose each encourage their audience to excel in the art of writing in their own way to help with the writing process.

My first experience with writing and reading was in the sixth grade. I wasn’t much of a good writer but was an excellent reader, I would read books, magazines, articles, almost anything that had words in it. Writing wasn’t my strongest subject I always had troubles in delivering the message or moral of the essay. Throughout my middle school years and beginning high school years I didn’t really do much writing or effort until my final year in high school. As I gave you a brief summary of my experience with writing and reading I will later on elaborate more on my experience with writing and reading and explain how this experience mad me a better writer.

Upon entering English 111, I knew I would be writing papers. However, I did not anticipate how much room I had for improvement. Throughout this term I have been enlightened with so much knowledge that I may have forgotten or have been exposed to for the first time. Certainly, my experience with essay writing has been solidified due to newfound knowledge of proper work citing, MLA standards and the steps of planning an essay. Perhaps, my time away from a learning environment slowed me down a bit, other times I feel as though I have an advantage due to life experience. An online environment has certainly been challenging but throughout the course I have provided solid work and consistent grades commendable of an A grading.

From personal experience, I used to be an average writer in high school but during my senior when I took college English, the quality of my writing increased because of more strict guidelines and expectations which in return gave me the ability to improve and learn from mistakes. As matter of fact, if my teacher didn’t point the mistakes out and made me redo it, I wouldn’t have improved and had better quality writing experience or somewhat college-level writing. As can be seen, some individuals might not have quality writing skills as they were not exposed to the level of writing they need to obtain before coming to college which makes them lower than average. In essence,, this could because of many factors such as institutional or family

Since the time I came into seventh grade with my Escape From Warsaw essay I have grown tremendously into the writer I am today. I have learned about many strengths and weaknesses in my writing and I still have a long way to go. I have faced challenges as a writer from the beginning of seventh grade that I still face today. I have learned so much within two years, and feel very prepared for high school.

As a student in High School, my writing composition was not very well developed. Although, I got help from my teachers, in addition to that, on my free time I went to the library to make extra corrections that were needed. My dad also helped me all throughout high school by reading over my essays and making comments on what I need to improve on, but even then I believe that my writing could have improved. I have tried to find strategic ways to improve my writing and I believe that I may slowly be getting there.

The last year of high school had the greatest impact on my writing. I was told by a professor once that writing is the most important skill you can have as a college student. Provided that, I enrolled in Creative Writing. Indeed, the name of the class gives a synopsis of what will be written, however, my teacher inspired me to think inward with every prompt we were given and explore

My writing has improved exponentially since freshman year. I used to take non honors English and got bad grades. Now I'm very confident in my writing and get much better

In my elementary school years, my teachers would describe my writing as average. One teacher

While in middle school I began writing, I didn’t mind it but the teachers were not always passionate towards their students. Once I started high school I met my English teacher, she encouraged me to express myself through writing.

Writing is a useful skill that can always be improved. Even after graduating college writing is something that will be incorporated into our everyday life. My freshman year of high school writing was something I enjoyed doing. Many of my classmates would complain about our summer assignments but I did not mind the work load of essays because I knew my writing was improving in the process. Continuing high school, I realized how difficult it became to obtain an A in my writing assignments. I loved how my English teachers were harsh graders and challenged me in expressing my emotions when writing.

Before I came to college, I felt my writing had to follow a certain pattern and be fixated around one way of thinking. What I was fortunate to learn was quite the opposite. Writing does not have to follow any certain pattern, but can rather be structured through many different possibilities. I was also told in high school that my papers either had to agree or disagree with the given topic, even if I believed otherwise. This formulated a very one-track way of thinking when it came to my papers. Now I know that I can let my mind explore new and exciting ideas. I can agree, disagree, compliment, criticize, and question the author however my heart desires, as long as I have the evidence to back myself up. Many authors in the book, Writing About Writing, explain their processes as well as the processes of others when it comes to writing. As a writer, I can draw on my own processes and relate them to the authors, as well as use their ideas and apply them to myself. Through reading, I have learned new methods of invention, planning and revising, and incubation when it comes to writing. All ways I can use to create more meaningful and creative work.

My experiences in writing have been minimal. I have only learned the basics of writing, like putting together sentences, forming paragraphs with sentences, and things like that. Since I have been taking college English, I can tell my writing has improved a lot. In the future, I hope to be able to improve tremendously at writing essays, paragraphs, research papers, documents, and stories so that I have very little to no errors with drafting and final products. I predict I will be a well rounded writer when I graduate from college.