What I Learned In My Writing

Writing makes me feel free from my mind and put all my thoughts and feelings into it. It feels calm and soothing when you write. I remember when I was little we always had to write our stories in cursive which always helped me to remember things like my vocabulary. I want to improve on my grammars and my words in the future ahead of me, which will take me to the higher roads of writing. I can say what I want to say and express myself without the fear of being judged. Those who'd judge my writing have no right to read it. I write to perforate my emotion and escape the cruel. Writing is my art form, and I will do it whether it is appreciated by others or not. Writing is a therapy for me to keep us writers alive and communicate and share each

Writing is not just marking letters, words, or symbols on a piece of work. My perspective states that writing is not just expressing yourself through words; in fact, it is mostly one’s expression; your emotions, thoughts, beliefs, etc. Correspondingly, according to myself, writing is extremely artistic and evocative way to reveal one self’s personality. Most important, I am in the creative writing class, because I desired to be in it, due to the fact that it is my passion, it is a way I can express myself thoroughly, and it makes me feel as if I am in a whole different world where I can reveal everything I desire.

I have been a student at San Jose States University for second years, English 1A was my first regular English class, and over the course of my stay I have grown and learned a lot. As Hospitality major, I do not know whether need my writing skills for future job, but I know the great experience in English 1A class would help me to improve all my writing weakness.

Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe

I didn’t always not like reading and writing but somewhere along my educational history I lost interest. The first time I remember writing goes all the way back to preschool when I learned how to write letters. All the way from there to 4th grade I enjoyed writing very much, but then it seemed more like a chore than an activity. It was causing a lot of stress emotionally and it showed in my grades. Writing can explain a story to some extent, but in the overall picture of

Writing is a form of art. Just as an artist paints an image to convey some sort of deeper meaning hidden beneath the surface, a writer creates a portrait through words and structure to communicate the same sort of meaning. Writing, however, follows some sort of specific guidelines and the parameters become slimmer and more defined as you get older and more experienced. I learned the basics of writing in elementary school. Back then, it was more enjoyable and seemed to allow more room for creativity. Simple, broad topics such as describing how your Thanksgiving break went were common and allowed you to write basically whatever you wanted and in whatever form you chose. Boundaries to my writing became solidified in high school. During those four years, I learned proper sentence structure, how to compose a five paragraph essay, and all the restrictions that came along with upper-level writing. I began losing interest in writing, thinking that it would only become more

What I learned this week from reading is to look at my writing situation and focus on the key elements (like purpose of your writing and the audience). I also have a habit of overthinking what to write and it sometimes takes me longer with writing which results in errors. I am learning to just write and go back and proofread my writing. If I have second doubts about my writing I will ask someone else to review it. When writing you has to discover your purpose and what you would like to accomplish in writing. Also know who your audience is; when writing a paper a person must know the audience that they are writing for.

Writing is part of our daily lives, especially in school. We depend on literature and writing for assignments and sneakily talking to friends across the building. It is something we wouldn’t be able to function without. That doesn’t mean writing is always easy.

If you would have asked me what writing was before I started highschool, I would have said something like “writing is hard. Its hours of stress and research on a very boring topic so you can get a good grade. I hate writing.” If you ask me what writing is now that I’ve graduated from High school I would say “writing is very hard. Writing is a beautiful way to express your thoughts and emotions. I love writing.” What changed my mind in those 3 years? My creative writing class. In that class I was taught writing is not grammar. Writing is not punctuation, flow, or structure. Writing is thoughts put together with grammar, punctuation, flow, and structure (Kyle Nelson). If writing is more than just the rules of english, what is good writing, how can you be a good writer, and why should you write?

With all the little time I have been on this earth I have come to notice that there are two kinds of people, those who love writing and those who hate it violently. I have seen people who love writing so much they always have a notebook on them that they write in at all times. I have also seen some people that hate writing so much that they would not even do work assignments that required well planned and thought out writing. I myself have never fit into either category, I do not love or hate writing. What I do love about it is coming up with stories and sharing my point of view with the readers. What I do not love about it is worrying about spelling and grammar.

I remember those years in elementary school when I was learning all what I know today. It was funny going to school to learn something new every day. Additionally, I had the best teacher ever. Her way to teach us was exceptional. She was very patient, for which reason my handwriting today is acceptable. Moreover, I loved writing lessons. It was anxious to learn writing down the letters I was pronouncing. The alphabet seemed never ending when I was learning letter by letter. Thus, it became more difficult when I had to write a sentence. I remember all the hard work memorizing the parts of a sentence. However, I think I did better learning to read. I was the first one in my class reading a paragraph uninterruptedly. Those are definitely, good

I don’t really recall learning how to read and write but I do know that I enjoyed it a lot when I was younger. All throughout elementary school reading and writing was like a science to me. Even though, reading and writing can get challenging reading out loud always helped me learn how to pronounce and spell words correctly. I soon became more comfortable reading large text like chapter books and newspapers.

Most people look at writing as a negative thing, or as a sign of tedious work. School has given writing a bad name; students look at writing as work. These students/people would be wrong. Writing is a tool, a tool that can be used to do almost anything. What people really don’t know about writing is that is so easy! All that is needed is some scratch paper and a writing utensil. Virtually any topic is game, writing has no bounds; anything can be discussed, reviewed, or made up. You can push yourself into extensive essays or coast on little stories.

I have never been very passionate about writing and as a result, I have never really thought about the true meaning of writing. In high school, I just accepted the fact that I was not good at writing in comparison to my peers. I just assumed that good writing meant that there were no grammar or spelling errors, which is a common misconception most high school students have. Before reading Writing About Writing by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs, my views on writing were very limited. One of the first ideas that jumped out at me as I was reading was the statement, “Writing is not just something that you do, but it is something that people study”(Wardle and Downs 7). The idea that writing is something we can actually learn more about, had never crossed my mind. As our views and perspectives on writing grow and expand, we can better understand the purpose of writing and know what good writing means.

The connotation of the term “fun”, isn't necessarily linked to writing. If anything, writing would be considered an antonym. Writing seems more of a chore than a leisure activity for many students. Personally, I blame our grade school teachers who instilled the idea (and forced students) to interchangeably think of writing in relation to school work. Rarely was I encouraged, as a child, to write on my free time; instead, I would strictly write whenever an assignment was due. I've always struggled, and continue to struggle, with the proper usage of the English language. Writing strategies like grammar and punctuation, have never been my strong suit. Even as I scribe on this paper, I unintentionally forget the rules taught to me by my second grade English teacher, which include placing commas in the correct spaces and avoiding incomplete or run-on sentences. Although I lack the gifted ability to produce quality work, I do, however, hope that by the end of this course I will grasp the proper writing mechanics that would eventually transform my mediocre writing to a superb standard.