Reflective Importance Of Writing

Coming into this class, I wasn't sure what to expect. Of course,I expected to be writing a lot but was unsure of the type of writing and the style. I was looking forward to writing challenging pieces that stretching me creatively as a writer. I wanted to explore how to express myself in my writing because it had been a long time since I'd written a creative essay. One of my main hopes for this class was challenging myself to become a better editor of my own papers. I often find it a tedious and laborious process to find and edit the grammatical errors in my papers. However, this is an important skill that I need to develop for my future as a successful writer.

Two resources that I would use to improve my writing are the Writing Lab (within the College) and the Amherst Online Resources for Writers. These two resources can assist me in proofreading my work, to identify where my strengths and weakness are and assist me with improving my writing skills. The Amherst Online outline and explained with the assistance of a directory of web pages, the specifics of College Essays. I also needed to proofread and ensure that I do not have any grammatical errors.

I am writing to explain how I mostly met the Process Knowledge outcome. It is my belief that receiving a high grade on a paper is due to constant revision and editing. This memo covers my revision process as well as strategies I use to achieve assignment goals. I will use your comments in my past assignments as it relates to this outcome. Although there are different ways to which people write, my process consists of generating ideas, revising, drafting, and editing. Like any writer there are strong and weak elements of my writing process.

First, thank you for your honesty and your bravery in posting this. As a few other posts in this course seem to attest, many people are uncomfortable with posting something potentially negative, or even positive, from their lives and their history and would instead either spurn off the idea and topic of the assignment, or acknowledge a lack of interest and create a false narrative. You did neither.

All the outcomes are clear and I like how we are expected to reach them. I am a little bit scared with the grammar part and the specific skills that I should develop for this course. My writing skills are not the best’s, since English is not my first language. I love to read, and since I moved to US I started doing it in English. This is helping me to have a better understanding of the language, but I haven’t be paying attention to the writing. I hope to develop the good skills writing that are expected from me.

Writing and I have never gotten along. Writing papers looms over my head like dark storm clouds. When children lack writing and reading when they are younger, they tend to struggle with writing essays as adults. I first realized this in the eighth grade when I had to write my first lengthy essay.

A writer is someone who writes in a specific way. Such as Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Emily Dickinson and William Shakespeare. All are amazing writers who were taught to understand when to use the 3 appeals and how to use each effectively. Thus making their compositions stronger and marvelous enough to last through generations upon generation.

As I grew up, I felt I took advantage of the importance of writing and reading. It wasn't until my ninth grade year in honors english I learned the real challenge of perfecting a paper. Before I started the class, I was in the habit of turning in terrible first drafts as my finals. I was at a comfortable state with not putting any effort into my work and just getting it over with. I felt teachers almost participated in this by passing me along without actually helping me in my struggle with writing. Little did i know the crime I was committing on only having my eye set on receiving a

My writing skills developed drastically. I went into elementary school not knowing a word of English becuase my parents spoke Cantonese at home. Therefore, I struggled in elementary and middle school. However, the teachers at my high school have taught me amply. Therefore, English is a strong subject of mine. I learns the conventions of writing a well-structured and drive essay. However, I struggle in communicating. For example, I am slightly fearful of presenting, but I push myself into producing well-developed lessons. Additionally, I rely heavily off a script and is a skill I am actively working to

"Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a

As long as I had read your comment, I felt so thankful that you were honest to what I wrote. I thought your comment was very helpful to my writing skill, because the haredest part of writing is to make the reader understand the passage.

The process of writing differs between writers, which can influence writing style— as I have experienced first hand. At first writing poetry was an obstacle for me because I haven’t done it since high school, so to refresh my mind I’ve made numerous Google searches, usually about how to write poetry or at least how to make it stand out and not become cliche— especially if we’re doing a particular type of poetry, such as the metaphors and similes unit. On a piece of paper I’ll usually write a basic outline stating my theme and the format of the poem, with ideas written everywhere, even if they’re just key words I want to somehow incorporate.

Analyzing one’s work is incredible important in order to explore one’s style of writing and to discover certain factors that influence it. When analyzing the work done throughout this semester, I came to the conclusion that important aspects of my writing include how my identity and style of writing changes based on my audience, the different ways I build my ethos and my use of logos, and the importance of kairos in order to persuade the reader.

Following some time spent on reflection, I realize I learned to appreciate more than I expected from this class. I enrolled in this class with the idea that I would most enjoy reading stories, watching movies and analyzing each of them. Before attending this class, I honestly did not give as much consideration to the writing process as I should have. As a consequence, most of my efforts to adequately express my more passionate ideas failed. Essentially, like Sheriff Bell from the book No Country for Old Men, I felt overwhelmed and I had to accept that I was not prepared to obtain the result I had envisioned. Understandably, I admire writers who can effectively present their ideas and produce the outcome they chose. If I eventually master each of the steps in the writing process, not only will my writing improve but also my enjoyment of writing will increase because I will have the skills to satisfactorily share my perspective. Accordingly, I came to understand I need to increase my proficiency within several areas of the writing process if I want others to fully comprehend and appreciate my efforts to communicate my ideas. Though I cannot claim that my other cross-circular outcomes, such as critical thinking skills, are perfect, what I came to appreciate from this class is the importance of the writing process.

Writing doesn’t always come easy for me, considering that English is my second language, my writing is not the best. In order for me to get better, I took English AP courses in high school that encouraged me to stand at a college level and be prepared for essays such as this one. Although I know I need a lot more improvement for my writing skills, I am taking writing way serious than what I did my previous years. I am willing to learn and get the best out of this course. There are many reasons why I write, but the main reason is that “writing is everywhere” oftentimes is not my favorite thing to do, but definitively the most important and essential.