Shortcoming In My Writing

When I was a small child, I didn't like writing unless I was writing something I wanted to. As a result, most of my school work was done half-heartedly, because they were all research projects that we had to do. I didn't have any issues with my writing, and my handwriting was pretty good at my age. My favorite books were the Harry Potter series. I thought I was pretty cool to be able to read such a long book, so I bragged some to my friends. The only topic I liked to write about was fantasy. In second grade, my mom made me start writing every day in a wide ruled journal, so I wrote a story about the Legend of Zelda, a video game I liked. I wrote about it every day for a long time, maybe a year, until I kinda gave up, and wrote the last page

Throughout the course of this semester in AP Lang, my eyes have been opened to many of the weaknesses I never knew I had in writing. Coming into this semester, I had heard about the difficulty of this class, but was not unduly worried about not receiving an A; I have always considered myself as a competent if not strong writer. However, after failing to attain desired grades on several important essays, I was devastated, and realized that although I had mastered the basics of grammar and writing, there was still much for me to work on. Also, I did not understand that much of my grade in AP Lang would be determined by speaking in front of others, which is not my strong suit. What I have come to find is that writing essays containing all of the new information we have learned throughout the semester, such as requirements for different types of essays and good writing strategies, takes a lot of work, time, and thinking. Unfortunately, my procrastination caused me to only get done what had to be done instead of putting in the extra work and truly understanding everything.

At first this seemed to be easy but I later began to notice the assignment might become boring to some reader’s. After finishing the assignment I felt good with the outcome but knew that I could have written a better paper. This was obvious after the instructor reviewed the assignment and gave me a grade that hit hard. This showed me first hand that I was a good writer but was far from being prefect. After picking myself up, I reviewed the notes she provided and made the suggested changes. I then resubmitted the assignment in hopes the changes were correct and I would get a final grade that I knew I was capable of earning. After waiting the final grade was submitted and I had earned a grade I knew I could earn. I know that without the help of my peers and the instructor this would have not been

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Throughout this semester I have learned the importance of writing comprehensibly and efficiently when writing an essay. This is essential to provide not only the audience with an easy understanding of what will be discussed in the paper, but also gives the writer an outline of his or her body paragraphs. As a result, I have revised my research essay to exhibit how much I

I began this course with the idea that I was a good writer who could write a great paragraph in minutes. After writing my first paper I came to realize that this was not the case. I may have been able to write a paragraph in minutes, but it was not going to be a long one and it probably would need some work. Throughout this class the issue I have struggled with most is making my paragraphs long enough and filled with enough information. I have written three major papers in this class and have seemingly gotten better, but not fully reached my potential at writing a great paragraph that is the correct length.

On more than one occasion I have heard those ego lifting words, “You should write a book.” Several times I have taken those words to heart and sat down at my computer with every intent to put words to page only to fail miserably in my feeble attempt to come up with a coherent thought that lasts past the second paragraph. The questions I faced as I began to write then still plague me today; do I really have anything to say, how should it be said, and am I capable enough to do it. It was during my first tenure as a youth pastor that I was given an opportunity to write for a monthly denominational magazine that would make me seriously question if I could ever write.

Someone criticised one: Your writing has excessive grammatical mistakes and issues. That one clarified: Since I am a Wikipedian. However, you seem Wikipedian too? Someone criticised one: Your writing has excessive grammatical mistakes and issues.

A teenagers biggest flaw is their ability to challenge just about everything that comes across their table; at least that is one of my biggest flaws. Challenging someone else’s belief, although is sometimes seen as rude, can be quite educational. When I first ventured into High School, I was perplexed with the idea that I would be going to a Catholic school, seeing as I am a Baptist Christian. My first problem I encountered was during my Religion class, when i questioned the difference or the factuals of Catholicism vs. Christianity.

My writing skills which I have worked on over the few months I have been in English 102 have changed quite a bit in my opinion. There are many things which I have improved upon that were amongst my weaker writing skills when the year began. On the opposite side of that point, there are also many things which I still need to improve upon if I want to truly elevate my writing to a level that I will be confident in. Finally, I have gained new skills outside of writing from this class, particularly the activities which we did in class at various points throughout the year. These things all cumulate together to give me an appreciation of English courses which I did not previously have.

I feel that the biggest change to my writing this semester is in the way I organize myself for assignments. I was homeschooled and did all my assignments online. Making the change to a classroom environment was difficult for me due to my Asperger’s and learning about how to organize all aspects of my writing has been a challenge. I feel that I have improved as the semester progressed. I would like to discuss each aspect of the writing process and how my skills have improved by taking this class. I will be able to use the organizational process in my future career as a film maker and director.

Writing is a skill that takes time to develop. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses is very important. Being aware of your strengths can help you stand out, and your weaknesses show you areas where improvement is needed. Like everybody I have weaknesses as well as strengths, and being conscious of them helped me improve my writing skills.

My biggest struggle in writing would be starting my introduction because I never really know what information to add in my stating my thesis statement. Although, one way I’m trying to improve this struggle is by either adding small quotes or definitions to hook the reader and to add some info about my topic. Furthermore, one essay that I feel reflects my writing the best would be the midterm essay. I picked the midterm essay because even though it was timed I still took my time and carefully picked which examples I thought would best represent my opinions. In addition, I feel using the quote “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” by Nelson Mandela was a very powerful way to keep the reader interested. Ultimately, while I still haven’t overcome the obstacle of writing an introduction I know I’m slowly starting to find my way towards my goal of not struggling when it comes to starting my essays.