The Importance Of Timed Writing

I do struggle writing my essay, or even just think about how I’m going to plan it out. I feel like I’m sitting down either writing or typing my essay out for more than three days, but, it’s only the first day. I have never thought about how much the writing process would be, until I have found my method of writing one. At the end, no one is perfect on doing a draft perfect, everyone is the same but in their own

At the end of the "time required spectrum", is our final unique methodology. Sam Theis, from Cross County High school, had a rather interesting strategy of the likes on of us had considered. Sam says that to write the best essay, it takes an entire week of short time writing time periods. To participate in this manner, simply discover the information as soon as possible, and write for short periods every day until the final Due date! Pros to this technique are low stress, and more overall time. However, something concerning could be the ability to write coherently stretched over such a long

On August 9, 2014,a young man by the name of Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer. It is little known why the shooting occurred, but the boy was unarmed.This could be one of many cases of modern day racism and segregation. In 1930, “even after the abolishment of slavery in 1865, blacks were still almost powerless(BBC 2)”.Blacks were heavily segregated and had almost no rights.Many cases of segregation in the 1930s caused a lot of current day racial tension in the united states.

I would be more creative and energetic about the essays I actually wanted to write than the ones I didn’t want to; Therefore, I believe I took less time on the ones I wanted to write and more on the ones I didn’t. I don’t know exactly how much time it took me but the topics I enjoyed, it would take me a single night. The ones I didn’t enjoy I would use my technique I learned to just randomly start typing. I would start my paper one day and try to get as much as I could on the paper until I felt I could come back the next day feeling better about it; Therefore, the topics I didn’t like usually took me two.

1.) My goal for the October TW #2 was a 7 and I arrived at this score goal by taking into consideration the scores on my previous timed writes and how much time and effort I think I will put into the preparation process. Personally, it helps my writing process and time management during the timed write to become more efficient when I plan out what I will write about to a degree.

Throughout the semester we had essays we had to write which were only two to three pages long. Except, the iSearch; the paper everyone dreaded because it had to be at least ten pages. All the small essays helped you prepare for the largest essay: procrastination, spellings and words to use, and using your time wisely in class. I came to believe that I knew what I was doing, but as you got better at your essays Mrs. Linn became a tougher grader. I learned a great deal from Mrs. Linn about different writing styles, how to write, and how to have an outstanding essay.

Do you struggle when it comes time to sit down and write? Though I consider myself a writer, I still have trouble from time to time making myself sit down and write. This is much easier when I have a real deadline. I'm great in a time crunch, which is why NaNoWriMo works so well for me. I'm also competitive, so Camp NaNoWriMo is even more

When I write a paper, it depends on how I feel and the other work I have to get done. Once I feel it is time to write, I go straight to the living room and embrace my inner Shakespeare. Normally I write at night. I tend to think better when the sun is down. To be honest, my brain works best when it is slightly tired. My best ideas come from a sleepy brain. While I am writing, I typically have a few tabs open to help me write a better paper. One tab I will aways have open is a dictionary. If I know there is a better word to use but I can not think of it, I will use the dictionary. My writing schedule is plan, procrastinate, then write. I plan out what I will write about the day I am assigned to the essay. Then I will procrastinate writing the essay because I tell myself I need time to edit my plan. Finally I will write the essay the day before it is

I have had many successes and difficulties in my timed writings. In the beginning of the year, in 10 minutes I could write about two paragraphs and now in 10 minutes I can write about two whole pages in my notebook. I do need to improve on being more organized in my timed writings and I need to practice getting a lot done in a short amount of time. When I do my timed writings I just stress

Something about timed writes makes me tense up, roll over, and die inside. I entirely overlooked diction and used primary words that made my paper an enormous disaster. I had little to no warrants connecting my

Writing a good essay requires diligent planning, writing and proofreading; the ACT requires all of the above completed in thirty minutes. Formulating anything more than a decent thesis in the time allotment seemed impossible to me. However, this class broke down the tasks that I needed to accomplish into manageable tasks. After a little bit of practice, a watch, and a couple #2 pencils, I was ready to take on any sort of timed writing with ease. The essay preparation from Wisconsin Test Prep continues to help me with my time management during SAT and AP timed writings.

When I have an essay to write I make sure to pick a day that I am not busy. My children are in school and my house is quiet. I turn off my cell phone and any other noise distraction which breaks my mind concentration. Before I start I make sure my brain is not tired and well rested so it would not feel disoriented or losses focus during the process. In the beginning of the writing I usually get stuck on the first line because of a habit of uncertainty by going back and revising before I actually complete the whole sentence. I try constantly and instantly to re-read what I wrote and make instant changes. I would reconstruct phrases by switching them around to different places or reword any unlike words. There were days that

When I'm actually writing, I write as fast as a turtle can crawl. A 2 page essay usually takes me around 6 hours to finish. My teacher once told me to use a process called brainstorming which I tried but found it not very helpful. It's no brain buster for me to start an essay. I just sit down, roll up my sleeve and start jotting down that first sentence. But what comes next is an arduous journey. I usually have thoughts going on in my head and while I'm pondering on which thought to put down on paper, I would forget what they were and I have to start thinking all over again. It is extremely taxing on me mentally. Once I'm stuck, which occurs almost after every sentence, I would reread the whole essay again. Worst yet, I have a fond habit of procrastinating. I can only write in peace and quiet, and that's only possible after everyone's in bed. Then surrounded by the infinity darkness of my room, I would merge with my paper and pen under the dim table lamp voided from the consciousness of space and time. Only when dawn glimpse through my window, would this timeless eternity be shattered. I would wait until night to start my writing trek, and "night" means the night before the assignment is due. This way I can finish the essay in one attempt instead of having to span over

My writing skills are decent, if I take the time to fully process my thoughts. When it is a timed assignment or test, my skills go right out the window, I concentrate more on answering the prompt rather than the grammar, punctuation, or structure. It’s like a jumbled mess of writing filled with lots of errors. When I’m writing my main goals are to answer the prompt, have good structure, and no grammatical or punctuation errors. These goals sometimes get in the way of me expressing myself freely; if a sentence doesn’t flow right with rest of the paragraph, I will re-examine my paragraph or paper to see if I can conjure up a sentence to finish out my paragraph before moving on to the next paragraph. Another example is if I feel like I don’t

One of my weaker points as a writer is my time management. Managing time throughout the writing process is critical and necessary for a well-written paper. There are times where I have rushed a draft of a paper while skipping fundamental steps of the writing process. This is very clear when I go back and read over my first draft. Lack of time management has sometimes led me to make very noticeable and fixable errors all throughout papers. Most of this is due to a mix of procrastination outside of writing and being busy. Time management is an important skill to work on as there are many benefits that come from spending more time in the writing process. It would help not to rush when writing as I would be able to produce fewer mistakes and better, better thought out ideas.