Writing papers and essays has always been something that I have struggled with. Throughout high school, I did fairly well on essays and research papers, but writing at a college level has proven to be very difficult for me. I feel that I have never been able to succeed in writing in the way that I had hoped and envisioned I would. When I get an essay assignment, it is easy for me to think of what I want to write my paper on. But when it comes down to actually writing the essay, I always struggle with either grammar or getting the main point across to the reader. These two issues have been difficult for me to overcome, no matter how much teaching I get or revising I do. However, throughout the semester I think that the feedback from …show more content…
After going through the process of prewriting and preparing, the next step is composing a rough draft of the essay. For me personally, this is the hardest stage of the writing process and where I tend to spend most of my time with an essay assignment. The transition of thoughts and ideas to words on a paper or screen is a big struggle for me, as it forces me to fit my ideas into constructed and proper sentences as opposed to roaming thoughts. My main focus with the rough draft is simply trying to form flowing sentences that carry my main point and information throughout the paper. Whether it is with the persuasive essays in trying to prove a point throughout several pages or trying to tell a story through the narrative paper, flow and good sentences will keep things smooth and understanding for your reader. Having incomplete sentences or information scattered within other topics in a paper makes it difficult to read the paper or find something important written somewhere in the essay. This is where I begin to struggle in coming up with the right ways to portray my thoughts or pieces of information into words and sentences that flow. A solution for this could be to interpret my essay as a speech to someone that it may help me to see how the sentences may sound allowed and if it properly flows or tells the information right.
With the rough draft complete, the next step to do is to revise through the essay
My writing process, no matter what, always includes brainstorming, rough drafts and proofreading. When I receive an assignment I read the question over what feels like a million times till I fully understand what it is asking. I will make notes on the handout and as soon as ideas come to my mind i will jot them down, even if I do not end up using them. As soon as I get ideas i role with it, even if I have to go back in the end and change everything. Rough drafts come next. I like to write them out first so i can scribble and make notes to myself and fill things in when i need to. I write in pen so sometimes by drafts can be more rough then they should be, but that is how i like it. After my essay is all finished I proofread, many many times.
I was pushed constantly to work harder at my writing. I studied and practiced several new techniques and methods for prewriting and organizing the essays I found so hard to create. At first, I had quite a few bad days and quite a few subpar essays. My grades would vary greatly from paper to paper. This really scared me, as I hoped to keep myself from drastically dropping in my grades. Yet, I wanted to maintain my grade point average so I had no choice but to succeed and impress around every corner. I began to pour in, even more, work and apply all of the newly learned skills from that class into my mind. I hoped that soon I would be able to find a system for writing that helped me form proper
You do not need to write whole paragraphs for any of the below sections. You simply need to write complete sentences that show the basic outline of your essay. Doing this will give you a guide when writing your rough draft.
When I started my first semester of college, I was very worried about writing essays and research papers. I felt like my writing skills lacked greatly compared to other students. I knew a few things of which I could improve on right off the bat, such as my vocabulary skills and organizational skills. To say the least I was very nervous about how my writing composition course would be like and did not think it would go very well for me. However, I learned so many techniques that have helped my writing skills grow. It all started with learning how to stay organized, planning what to write in your essay in outline form and sticking to it really helped when writing essays. These techniques helped me become more confident in my essays and allowed writing essays to become a lot easier. The few aspects in which I am strong in while writing essays is my ability to stay organized, focused and be very clear about what I am writing. Nonetheless, there is always room for improvement; a few things that I can think of being grammar and punctuation due to no revising, embedding quotes smoothly, and citing sources correctly.
Outline, planning, revising, rough and final draft, grading. This is the typical process for writing an essay, I however as a young high school student never followed this. I started with an idea in my head and go on from there. I never considered a need to plan and prepare an outline, just to write a rough draft that I would have to revise, draft, and draft again. It would just be easier to start writing the final draft first right? No. This class has taught me many strategies on how to accustom my writing to a college level. Over the semester in this class I have grown, learned how to effectively draft, and experienced argumentative writing first hand.
Writing an essay in college is a big challenge for most students, including myself. It involves strong critical thinking and a meticulous process. After narrowing down and selecting a topic, we then need to establish the main point and how we want to deliver our opinions, ideas, or visions to our audience. We want to create a piece of writing that delivers a clear message, with strong and relevant details, to support the main point. We need to think and plan thoroughly, write, review, and rewrite before we get the end result. This is why drafting, reviewing, revising, and editing are vital parts of writing.
The key components to writing an essay or novel consist of a multiple step process, such as prewriting, rough draft, revising, proofreading, publishing, and the importance of rereading the work. One of the most sufficient ways to understand how to write properly is to understand the writing cycle itself and how it will benefit the writer. Never start writing with the introduction or the conclusion but to start with the body of the essay. These factors are important for the student to improve on their comprehensive skills to write effectively. When a student is learning the writing cycle, a teacher should not force a writing process on the student, instead let them find a process that works best for their writing style. Teach them how to focus how to focus on and understand the meaning of writing. Several writers look at prewriting as a great way to brainstorm and process all of their thoughts and combine them to work as one full piece. It is a great way to rehearse what to write or say in your essay. Prewriting is a great to do before doing a rough draft so when you transition from one to the other it should flow smoothly. The teacher should provide multiple strategies one the same subject or section of writing since each student doesn't learn the exact same as another. A rough draft is when you write a section of a paper or full essay without having to worry about editing or an errors that may have occurred. This
One of the most important parts about writing is the process behind it. An essay should consist of an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Even though essays seems very mind boggling, it is actually an easy process if following the correct writing steps. It can be even easier if the writer enjoys the topic of the essay. There are certain steps a writer must take to keep a reader interested while showing enthusiasm for them wanting to learn more. These steps follow a set of guidelines including planning, free writing, revising and editing.
When writing an essay, I would begin by understanding the genre or purpose of the writing assignment and knowing who will read my essay. Brainstorming and organizing all the details or ideas, examples, comes next. I gather my evidence based on my personal experience or by conducting a research from a trusted source. I never counted how many drafts I usually write, but I usually end up writing several drafts before I'm satisfied. I find
When I started writing my first essay, I assumed I did everything correctly. I did have high expectation of getting an excellent paper, but on my writing, it had a weak body, improper punctuation , and misplaced ideas in my essay. As much this hurts me, I knew then I need more practice and correcting myself even more. I felt like my writing were more as like a high school essay than a professional college paper. All the teaching about how to write a descriptive, narrative, persuasive, or even write an expository during my high school years was a lie. I was taught the wrong idea from the start. I did learn to use other words, organize, and properly construct an essay. I have improve my ability of writer.
I have been writing essays since middle school, gaining experience from multiple teachers all of whom had unique ways of imparting their skills on me as well as my classmates. Barring the basic learning of Writing in middle school, most of my writing thus far has been gained in literature classes. Because they were not solely writing classes, the goal of understanding the literature that was being studied was often placed above improving my writing skills. Almost all of the writing completed in the literature classroom setting were centered on displaying an ability to grasp the concepts from the literature or to prove a concept related to the literature. I also wrote a number of descriptive essays in which I had to write fictional stories in great detail. Another source of writing experience for me would be the occasional essay in the various social studies classes that I partook in. These essays were almost always
Writing drafts is something I struggle with every time I have to do an essay. It takes me over two hours to finish an introduction. Once done with the introduction the body of the essay easy until I get to the conclusion, which is when my struggle to complete the draft returns. I believe the introduction of a draft is one of the most difficult parts for me of writing a draft because it is hard to come up with ideas for the introduction. Then the conclusion is hard because I have to find a way to restate what took me so long to come up with for the introduction. Ultimately, I will be able to complete a draft without difficulty for if I do them step by step and by write down my ideas and information before beginning anything and not to
Drafting and revising are the next steps of the process, and both of these steps might be done a couple of times to make sure the essay flows as it should and is structured well enough to serve its purpose. Lastly, the final step is editing and proofreading your essay to fix any errors that might still be present before you submit your essay to be graded.
In my first part of the common assignment, I wrote about how I wanted to work on writing drafts because that was one of my biggest weaknesses as a writer when I entered this class. When I would write essays, I would write the entire essay at once, do a little revision, and turn in the paper. With this essay, we had to write two drafts. The first draft was very helpful because we had an outline of questions and points we should have in the final essay. This draft helped me create a detailed outline that I used to write out my next draft. On my first draft, I wrote out what points I wanted to include in my final essay. In my outline of my
How important is reading and writing to you? Do you despise reading, and believe that reading, and writing is useless tasks that we do not need to learn? Literature is not math, it is extremely important to learn, even if you do not go into a field where English is required. We use reading and writing every day. In this essay I will explain why I believe that literature is important. I will give personal examples about why I think that reading and writing are important.