Supersize Me Reflection

I have improved very much in my writing process over this semester. I have grown as a writer in each writing process step such as prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, and overall. Outlining, writing a good thesis, getting peer reviewed, and giving myself plenty of time to finish a paper are new strengths that I have learned over the semester. I will reflect on all the topics in the writing process and my growth in argumentation essays. In fact, my previous attitude and feelings about writing was that I disliked it, and I knew that it was a weakness of mine. Now, I feel that I can write a strong argumentation essay. I have the sense that I have progressed a considerable amount from my first essay to my last.

From writing thoughtful poems to research papers, I have experienced composing a diverse portfolio of literary analysis and criticisms throughout the school year. I started out the year writing minimally. By the end of the year, I noticed I was able to express my ideas and thoughts in a more clear and concise way on paper. Ultimately, each composition allowed me to widen my horizons as a writer and see how I could improve as a writer.

I’m not a notable writer, nor have I really wanted to join the writing industry. However, I have been interested in other people’s writing. From their deep meanings, content, and different formats/styles. It’s a wondrous creation made from within our imagination and experiences. It has inspired me to write too. I’ve been writing most of my life that it has become a necessity. And now from my past experiences with writing, I try my best to improve my skills as a writer for the future.

When I write about things I love, it helps me become really creative. If a person writes a lot , they would start loving to read. Writing allows me to be able to enjoy other people stories and ideas. While reading, a person can broaden their vocabulary, and use those words in their writings. I can apply this in the future by writing more when I have free time, and in schools when I have to write a ten page paper.

When I read this book, I felt a familiar bond to Mattie, the main character, as she loves writing and so do I. She says in the book, as she is deliberating over buying an expensive composition book, “I had more ideas. Tons of them. For stories and poems. I chewed the inside of my cheek, deliberating. I knew I would have to write a lot when I went to Barnard --- if I went to Barnard—and it might be a good idea to get a head start.” I also have kept a journal, and have written stories in it. Having a journal has helped organized my thoughts and produce a good, quality piece of work. In Mattie’s case, having a journal helped her get into college, when her teacher Miss Wilcox reads her work and pushes for her to go to college. So having a journal

Through this creative writing class, I gained a newfound respect for writing. Writing had allowed me and continues to allow me to see the world through a different perspective; with this thought in mind, I decided I would no longer allow creative writing to be placed on the backburner in my life. When the outside world goes to shambles, I know I can turn to writing to help me make sense of what is happening and to escape life’s troubles even if only

Within being enrolled for EN11, as well as EN12, I believe that I have made significant improvements in my writing style and abilities.

My interest in writing wasn’t always apparent to me even though I sought out activities that included the skill. I enjoyed English classes growing up, but I never thought I would utilize writing at a heightened capacity for different disciplines and my own creative pursuits. Soon enough, writing became an activity that I did outside of the classroom, especially in public health pursuits during my time in college and creatively post-graduation. It is a part of my constant development as a person who contributes to causes and activities that I care about and a part of the impact I believe I can make in the medical field.

This experience of writing my journals, and my reflection, has helped me to put my thoughts together and summarize my plan. My career goals are refined by this

The notion of being a writer for me was a highly romanticized one. My vision of the writer was a person, who would sit in his pajamas and write in long hand from morning till afternoon, and then read whatever he liked until late in the day, of course he was still in his pajamas. There were no difficulties, obstacles or whatsoever - a perfect way to spend your life. A few months after starting the blog, I realized, my vision was blurred, my notion far removed from reality, and that I needed an appointment with an

Almost everyone seemed to be trying not to drift into a deep slumber while the teacher continued to lecture on English grammar points for the day, oblivious to the fact that her students were not paying attention. It was a rather quiet afternoon, which is quite unusual when you have forty-eight young ladies in the room. I was sitting on the corner in the right side of the room, drifting into thoughts of writing. This was the day that I first started writing, I did not know what I was doing. All I knew was that I had pent up emotions that I needed to write through certain characters that I made up in my mind. Emotions that I was not able to let out. I had tried to write on a journal, but it only depressed me. Having to recount all the bad things that happened day by day was too much for me. As Toni Morrison, a well-known novelist, editor and professor had said, “If there’s a book that you really want to read, that hasn’t been written

Improving the habit to write more- writing in a journal everyday helps me improve as a writer and allows me to practice and as it becomes a daily habit for me my skills will vastly improve and writing will become much easier and better for me.

After going back to read my previous journals, my writing has changed enormously. Each journal I have wondered off from switching in between first and third person. My grammar is getting a little better; I still need to work on it more. From journal 1 to journal 4, my grades have been getting much better than my first journal. In journal 1 I felt like my imagination wasn’t there. Once I got to journal 4 my imagination came out to play. The journals have brought out the imagination that I didn’t know I had inside me. It helped me a lot with my essays; it gave me creativity in order to write the 3-8 page essays we had to write. By writing these journals, I have figured out that there’s a way in expressing your emotions by using objects or weather,

I do this with the hope that not only will I have personal journal accounts to look back at in the future, but that this routine practice will cultivate my ability to write more openly about myself in personal narrative essays. As for enhancing my creativity, I have begun incorporating a steady stream of fiction novels into my daily leisure reading. Maintaining a balance between informative nonfiction books and classic or entertaining fiction novels allows me to continuously exercise my scientific and argumentative streams of thought and spark more

"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it." -- William Faulkner