The Skills Of A Good Writer

Upon entering Columbia College, writing was one of my weaker areas. It was very important that I gained the necessary knowledge and confidence to become a better writer. I didn’t know how to express myself and felt as though my writing was not my interest. As a result of taking English 101, I have gained a better understanding on how to properly research and build a satisfactory paper. Every paper that was assigned seemed like a struggle to complete. Before entering this class, I did not know the meaning of a thesis or why it was important, however, I obtained this skill quickly. I noticed that every paper has an argument and the thesis helps clarify the rebuttal. Now, I have a new outlook on writing. It’s a way to express my thoughts and allow others to see things through my eyes. There is no doubt that I still have a long way to go, but I know if I continue to write, I will get better. Just as I developed more skills in class, the various papers assigned helped to better structure the writer in me. In addition, the subject areas were not only interesting, but very informative and made it much easier to write about my experiences.

Sometimes we are faced with the situation of not being able to use every source that we encounter for a variety of reasons. When reading the topic of this week's blog, I took a step back to reflect on my past works. My first essay I felt was thoroughly complete and only lacked some needed editing, besides that it was complete. In my last essay for the class E110 my topic was based on the dumb jock stereotype. It wasn’t very difficult to find sources on my topic. The research paper opened a whole new door for me, all the information that I have found from my sources truly enlightened me even more on my topic. As I researched this topic I realized that I wandered onto different paths such as racism or the disadvantages that athletes face. Eeven

At the beginning of the year the first essay that I wrote was a rhetorical strategies analysis of the book Into the Wild. I believe that this paper is the best starting position of my writing as I have not yet been exposed to different writing strategies. As I started the essay my attention getter was a definition on what a rhetorical device is. I think that I could have improved on that as my audience would have probably known what a rhetorical device is, thus starting with a definition was not the best way to go. To start this essay should have started with something more interesting to engage the reader to continue reading not just state some fact. Going down the paper my body paragraphs were not written to their full potential. I did not go in depth to analyse how the author used these rhetorical devices to “create depth in the story”. Within paragraph three I was analysing the usage of logos and I started, “ This aspect of fact stating that ...used is a clear evidence of logos the fact based argument”. This clearly shows my novice approach to an analysis, as I only stated another definition of what a logos

What I want to know sixteen weeks from now (That I do not know now)

There are many forms of communication. However, writing is one of the most essential form. Communication by written format provides a structure which allow one to reach an audience worldwide.

My writing skills improve the more I write. Challenging myself on several essays about a single topic, and meet page requirements pushed me further. I notice the more I conditioned myself avoiding ‘crutch verbs’ the more professional my essays read. I now naturally avoid crutch verbs in all my writing, they occur much less frequently in other places, like social media as well. I learned the hard way that all-nighters diminish my writing capabilities, and that procrastination can cause a lot of stress if not done right. Learning how write better MLA citations also progressed my research paper skill, though after this class I will mostly write with the APA citation method. The required book, “Brief Penguin Handbook” will assist my writing even

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It’s less than a year since my family and I migrated here in Canada and I have gone through all sorts of things already. I started attending school 2 weeks after arriving from the Philippines and the school is already halfway through the semester. I had a lot of catching up to do but it is not that hard since I already learned the lessons before. Everything went well until the new academic year started. I thought I already know a lot about the lesson but then I realized I only very little.

The use of technology has made learning to write more difficult for me. I am quite dependent on technology for pretty much everything I do, my writing skills has bottomed out with little or no progress since freshman year of high school. Throughout high school we spent very little time on writing assignments that had to be completed during class, therefore causing a little bit of laziness on my part. Improving my grammer and spelling is a challenge for me, because the microsoft word software automatically corrects all your errors. I am so dependent on the software to correct my errors that I halfway try to produce an excellent paper. As long as you got most of the spelling correct Google can basically auto correct and if you don't even

My reading and writing have greatly improved over my educational career. I developed these skills through repetition, practicing my reading and writing each day. Throughout my educational career, there was a critical point in which my reading and writing skills significantly improved. This key development occurred during my senior year in high school. During my senior year, I enrolled in AP English Literature and Composition. In this English class, we would read many different types of books throughout the semester. The books we read in class were Pride and Prejudice, Hamlet, Frankenstein, 1984, and A Tale of Two Cities. After we finished reading the book, we had to write a 4-paragraph essay on a question related to the book that the teacher selected. At the

Ever since the first grade i have had awful handwriting. Over the years my handwriting slowly improved but not by much. You can read it much easier now than back when i was younger. So when i asked myself what me as a writer looked liked my first thought was not a very good writer. I struggle a lot with my handwriting skills i tried my best to make it look good and readable, but most of the time i end up writing to fast and then it turned very sloppy and was hard to read. I prefer to type on the computer to write my papers then to hand write all of my english assignments.

I don't remember the first story I wrote. I've been writing for so long that it has just always been there. I may not be able to remember what it was about or what words I used, but I remember how it felt. I have the same feeling every time. The rush I get as the white paper fills up with thoughts. The euphoria I feel when all of the ideas I have click with a few simple words. Sometimes I think about writing all day; it's an obsession. No matter how I feel about myself I always have this one thing I can come back to.

What makes someone a writer? That question doesn’t have an exact answer to me. Everyone is a writer and can write about absolutely anything that comes to mind. That’s what makes writing fascinating. Writing is essential today because it not only explains things and tells stories but we do it every day. There are so many different things to write about and aspects that define the kind of writer a person is.

Captivating an audience with your writing takes many steps to create an effective writing piece, since there can be multiple ways to captivate your audience I will tell you what I have discovered throughout this course on making a captivating writing piece. Effective writing comes with practice, undoubtably the more practice put into a skill the more comfortable the skill becomes. “Practice makes perfect”, it is said so often that the power of this statement becomes dull, nonetheless practicing any skill more than one will benefit anyone greatly; to clarify I have discovered that when I am most comfortable with my writing when I have previously wrote a lot before. The beginning of this course was hard because I put little time into my writing, as a result the more the course called for writing the easier it became to write what I needed to in

In writing everybody has several strengths and weaknesses. Often people find it easier to find their weaknesses than their strengths. I am definitely fall into that category. After looking over my reflection paper, I now know my strengths, weaknesses and what my goals should be to improve.