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As the last words escaped my lips, a burst of applause echoed through the room. The bright smiles of my audience, be it family, friends, teachers, or colleagues, never failed to keep me writing. Being able to pique someone's interest enough to show them even just a small piece of the world of imagination inside my head was the very concept that drew me to writing. Creative writing was one of the key factors in developing my literacy skills because I learned to communicate ideas to my audience efficiently and effectively, expand my vocabulary, and broaden my scope of interpretation to discern themes.

Writing is a powerful tool for communication and connection. As an extension and expression of the mind, writing is as much about the mental processes of the author as it is about the final marks laid to paper. As we write, we hold in mind our own thoughts on the work, anticipate the reader’s thoughts, and think both in concrete and abstract ways in order to accomplish the task at hand. Whether an academic research paper, a novel, or text message to friends, writing seeks to engage, persuade, or impress concepts upon an audience. Like language and other art forms in general, the practice of writing is ever-evolving and is subject to cultural and contextual influence, expectations, and conventions. Each writer holds a theory

In recent years, the rushing tide of typing has overwhelmed the once necessary skill of handwriting. As the days pass by computers and other 21st century electronics are becoming more and more a part human lives. Gone are the constant needs for pen and paper, often times all that is needed for notetaking is a laptop and working fingers. A recent article published by Anne Trubek titled “Handwriting Just Doesn’t Matter” analyzes the importance of handwriting in the computerized world that is lived in today, as well as through a discussion on the teaching of cursive and other handwriting exercises in schools. Using a mix of pathos, logos, and minor amounts of ethos, Trubek is able to comprehensively convince her audience that handwriting is not as important or useful a skill as it used to be.

Leslie Slater is a handwriting enthuses who believes that the future of technology is crippling our art of writing and her strong evidence suggest that she might be on to something. The tone in opinion piece is pure and evidential, Leslie mention a substantial amount of studies and she really worry about good old fashion ink writing.

H12: A student draws upon the imagination to transform experience and ideas into text demonstrating control of

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.

From a young age, children in a first world country are expected to have the ability to read and write. But if you think about this, more than 100 million youths in the world are illiterate (UNESCO). Growing up in a place where pencils and papers are scarce, being able to read and write is a blessing, yet most kids in America just see it as something they’re forced to do in school. Although most children write just for educational purposes, I see writing as something much more. Writing truly allows for a greater emotional output than other types of communication and in my rhetorical self, it is an incredible way to express myself and my thoughts to others.

In Catherine Walds, "Research and the Fiction Writer: Perlis, PLeasures, and Pitfalls" I agree with everything she says about doing research. From expierence i've always loved doing research on topics that i found ammusing, but that wasnt the case in high school. I was constently put to look into things and write about them when i had little or no intereste in them. "sometimes writing becomes so engrossing that it turns into a dangerous distraction from the fiction writer;s real work." This is saying even when you give something your all and learn it, it still might not be what your looking for as a writer. But what i didnt realize was how much i was beniffiting from doing all that stupid research. Doing all that work showed me how to properly

As students begin school, they can begin collecting words in a notebook to create awareness that words are like treasures. Revision of words can transform a piece of competent writing into writing that is memorable and deeply moving. According to the author, the words writers choose reflect their thinking, beliefs, and feelings. If we use simple words, we will get to the point, but we won’t move the reader. When writing, we must be specific because we want our readers to feel, experience, hear, taste, and smell the same way we do it.

Unless the story is about something the writer knows nothing about then there shouldn’t be hard facts throughout the story. The research that might need to be put in a story should be incorporated in the story not stated in it. If a list of facts interrupts the flow of the story it loses the flow of it. I agree with Stephen King when he says, “That’s where research belongs: as far back in the background and the back story as you can get it.” Research is boring to most people when it does not matter. The main reason someone is reading the piece of writing is for the story of it not the facts about it.

Josephine Humphreys discusses the fact that some writers believe you are unable to write about something you have never seen before. She believes that it can be done but it has to be done well. Research can be done that allows the writer to go back in time to do this.

In Lori Janis’s electronic poem “dear e.e.” designed by Ingrid Ankerson, the speaker hazily recalls and attempts to understand a dream of an intruder rearranging his apartment. Incorporating visual aspects with the poem’s text heightens the reader’s ability to understand the speaker’s point of view. The visual accessories are essential for the reader to experience the speaker’s haziness and confusion.

When a person composes their work, they allow their ideas to dilate into a story that takes their reader into a journey. The journey is not merely for the reader, but for the author. The author gain a writing experience from their journey that guides when they write other material. All writing experiences are depending on the person. Their writing experience can drive them to regularly add more details to enrich their story. On the other hand, a writer can be compelled to critique their work to enhance it. As a writer, I grasped many lessons from my own experience. One of my most memorable writings was a story in addition to a thought-provoking essay. This memorable writing experience was my research paper for my 12th grade English class.

It is impossible to produce a piece of writing without creativity and imagination. As the foundation of writing, these aspects of writing creativity enhance the learning experience of oneself and others. Creativity and imagination also serves a therapeutic function by enabling individuals to escape whatever harsh realities they may be forced to endure. In addition, extending far beyond the creation of literature or fiction, these unique aspects of writing also enable one to establish and strengthen their own expressions, empathies, and criticisms of themselves and the world around

Writing as a digitally networked environment enriches the experience of the reader by allowing them to interact with new technological forms. The ability to engage in multimodal writing spaces exceeds traditional alphabetic text by drawing upon the audience’s sensory responses. New multimodal media explores still and moving images, music, colour and sound that entices and interacts with the responder. Snowfall is an example of this as it discusses the affects an avalanche had on the town of Tunnel Creek. Its interactive form produces an interesting layout, which gives the reader a more active and dynamic experience in contrast to traditional and more restrictive written text. By using a