One of my oldest writing memories is narrating my essays to my mother, who would type them for me and help me to correct any grammar mistakes or awkwardly worded passages. To some this may have seemed like a cheating way of doing my essays. I always got excellent grades on them and my teachers praised my writing skills. I used to feel bad, should I tell them that my mom helped me? But looking back, I think that 's what helped me to impro writing skills and learn to love the written word. Part of the reason for having her help me, was that she could type very fast, and as I would dictate my essay, I would have new ideas and she could type them much faster than I could get them on the paper, which helped me to let myself welcome new ideas even …show more content…
I have always loved to read. I will read practically anything. My shelves are full of books. There are books stacked on my desk and the floor of my room. I am running out of room and yet I still collect more and more books. I even have a book about bibliophiles, bibliomanes and those obsessed with books; I believe it is called A Gentle Madness. There is a writing event that takes place in November. It is known as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. In case you are not familiar with it, the basic idea is that you write fifty thousand words in the month of November. I attempted this in 2013. I was not successful, but I think it really changed the way I looked at writing. Part of my problem in completing the fifty thousand words was my desire to edit as I wrote. One of the main pieces of advice for completing the fifty thousand words is that you just write. Don 't stop to edit, don 't stop to revise, just write. I would type out notes to myself, if I hadn 't named a character yet I would leave something like “FEMALEPROTAGONIST” wherever I wanted the name to appear, that way, when it came time to revise my work, or if I thought of a name I could easily fill in the name wherever it went. Now seeing as I am following the advice above currently and am avoiding revision, this is a bit of a hot mess. But I do have a point in here somewhere. I used to think that a first draft had to be really good. Ithought it had to be basically, …show more content…
I hope to bring it to it 's full potential some day, which is part of the reason why I never finished it. I had a story idea. It was just a small idea, an idea that 's been done before many times. Through the looking glass. Now, it was nothing close to the classic tale we know by the time I had the idea fleshed out, but that was my starting point. I began to write the story when I realized something: I didn 't even know what had set the events of my story in motion. That sort of took me aback. I didn 't even know why the story I was writing was happening, which really was a big oversight on my part. I hadn 't done any background on this whole new world I was creating. So I decided to put that story aside, and write what would become to my story, what The Silmarillion was to The Lord of the Rings. I was brainstorming a literal history book of a world only I knew about, and it was amazing. I had so much freedom. I only wrote a small amount of it. But the planning and the outlines and the brainstorming I did changed me as a writer. I felt so free to make it whatever I wanted, and it was amazing. I haven 't gone back to it because I want to write something else first. I know my first large written work will likely be my worst. We learn from jumping in and making mistakes, and I loved my story too much to make first time novel mistakes on it. I still write down ideas for it when they come to me from time to time,
When writing a five paragraph essay, there are five steps one must fallow in order to attain perfection, these steps include understanding the question, brainstorming, writing a rough copy, revising, and creating a final draft. The first and most important step is understanding the topic. The topic of the essay is what the essay will be about and if this is misunderstood, the whole essay will be off course. The second step, brainstorming, will help organize thoughts and ideas so they flow amiably. There are many different ways to brainstorm, some of the most helpful are making a web of ideas, making a list of ideas, or creating a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the conviction. All these ideas will be related to the topic at hand. For example, if the essays topic is about how the earth is affected by global warming, then the brainstorming ideas might include the ozone lair being reduced or how global climate has raised. The third step when writing a five paragraph essay is creating the rough draft. The first draft must have all the features the final will, but does not have to be...
For centuries, views of the world and its inhabitants have been expressed through various ways of art or philosophy. These views can often be related to the seeking of truth to the creation of life, politics, or the problems of the world from before, now, and after. Accordingly, it is by paintings, books, or music, that words or images have an abundant effect on people. Society indicates that knowledge is power, so then why are we sometimes burdened with the errors of generations before? The quote, “writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why,” by James Joyce; points out that any novelist, historian, or author writing about our previous failures as humans in history affects any reader in a way that brings up painful memories and leaves the reader with past knowledge. To be honest, I had to grab a chair and think for what seemed like hours before I could actually comprehend what the quote was saying. I thought to myself, “How can writing about the past bring pain to the reader? I understood how writing can bring knowledge to a person, but how can it affect anything in the present?” As Vladimir Nabokov said, “In reading, one should notice and fondle details.” So, I opened up my mind and started to analyze the quote. Then, suddenly it clicked! In The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Machiavelli has a similar style to this quote in which he explains that any prince should not select anything else for study but the art of war. He declares through studying the histories of the art of war, “A prince will learn of many illustrious men’s causes for victory or defeat; therefore, avoiding the latter and imitating the former.”(Machiavell...
My relationship with writing has been much like roller coaster.Some experiences I had no control over. Other experiences were more influential. Ultimately it wasn’t until I started reading not because I had to read but because I wanted to, that's when my relationship reached change. I would have probably never cared about writing as I do today if it weren't for the critics in my family. When I was a child, my aunts and uncles always been in competition with who's child is better in school. I have always hated reading and writing because of the pressure to prove my family wrong was overwhelming for me. I had to prove them wrong and show them that I was capable of being "smart" which according to them was getting straight A's in all your classes.
Reading is an interesting thing. Through reading, people are able to understand the world, it brings the understanding of life and the sublimation of soul. Every book is the essence of the author’s perception and insight of life, and it is not possible to write a beautiful book only in one attempt. Anne Lamott is American novelist and non-fiction writer, in her article, “Shitty First Draft”, she argues that almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts and that lead to clarity and sometimes brilliance in our second and third drafts. I agree with Anne Lamott, I believe there is nobody can succeed only at one time, and also a successful book needs to be revised many times.
Once the writing is done, this is where the fear comes alive. It’s the fear of failure, disappointment, disapproval, and maybe even success. Collin Brooke and Allison Carr say, “The ability to write well comes neither naturally nor easily.” (Failure Can Be an Important Part of Writing Development 63) This statement is something I wish I could let myself believe. I have a preconceived notion that writers are born, not made. That my brother, a fellow writer, will see more success than myself. Why would anyone ever care what I have to say about anything? These are the fears and insecurities that limit me from growing with my process. Brooke and Carr also say about writers, “...they are the ones who are able to make mistakes, learn from them, and keep writing until they get it right.” (63) If I could challenge my process, I would challenge myself to do exactly what this quote says. My first draft always has to be the perfect draft, but this is unrealistic. I limit myself before I even start with this ideology. My hope for my process is to challenge myself to take more risks, write more drafts, and fail so I can at least say I tried. I may even challenge myself to get a head start on some of those due dates...
The greatest woman I’ve ever known always told me that education was important…and she was right. I came from a small town in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri prior to becoming a teenager. At the time, education was abundant in St. Ann, where I lived. I attended a decent elementary school and made good grades, despite mathematics not being my cup of tea. I have
growing up I 've never been a very proficient writer . but my mom never accepted mediocre work especially when she saw greatness in all of my brothers. Being a little kid I always thought my mom had a negative impact on my writing process, but now that I 'm older I still see she was actually left a very positive impact on my writing process. No matter what my mother always made sure I always had three drafts. The first draft will be of course the draft where you get basically all of your ideas on paper to get a general idea of what you 're about to write about. The second draft was where the editing and deletion of all the unnecessary content in your paper. The second draft also eliminated grammatical and spelling errors in the paper. The
It seemed like a normal day when I entered Mrs. A’s AP Language and Composition class, but little did I know that she was going to assign a very important project that was going to take forever. I took my seat and wrote down what was on the board. Then I sat patiently and waited for Mrs. A to come explain what we were doing today. When the tardy bell rang, Mrs. A glided into the room and gave us all a stack of papers. She then proceeded to discuss our upcoming assignment, a memoir. As she explained the very important assignment, I wondered whom I would write about. No one really came to mind to write about and I thought for sure I would never be able to get this thing done on time. I finally decided that I would write in on my mother, Kari Jenson. I knew I would probably put the project off until the very end and do it the weekend before even though it would get on my mom’s nerves. Putting work off was just how I did everything, it worked for me. When I arrived home from school that day, I told mom about the project. I told her I would most likely write it about her and she was overjoyed.
We went into the living room and she was telling mom about her essay. She told her that she tried to make the essay persuasive, but not too dramatic. She said that she wanted to express her feelings in a way that would help the government see the problems with such high tuition costs and to realize that something needs to be done with lower the cost. Finally, she told mom that although writing is not her strong suit, she enjoyed being able to express her feelings about this in writing. She just does not know if the way that she went about doing it was done well or
My English 1310 course was taught by Professor Daniel Stuart. He taught us the concept of academic writing and why it is important. Academic writing is the process of breaking down ideas, using a formal tone, deductive reasoning and third person. Writing done to carry out the requirements of a college or university on a research based level. It requires a starting point or introduction, followed by a thesis on the preferred topic, then comes proving and disproving of the evidence based arguments. It is important because it is a way to communicate our thoughts clearly and originality. It helps us think and see what evidence we can come up to contribute to that thinking. This course approached this idea of academic writing by exploring further
Writing has always been one of the things that I’m passionate about. Whenever I have something on my mind, I would jot it down or type it in my notes. No matter how small or pathetic it seems, I would always write it down, because you never know when you’re going to go back to it and create something grand, out of inspiration. People would think that a person like me would write down poems or novel ideas. That’s completely true, but I also write down recipes, grocery lists, hate lists and literally anything that comes to my mind. I’m the type of person that does not like to miss anything, forget anything and likes to include everything. People would say I’m a perfectionist or a control freak and as much as I would hate to admit that, it is true. While these traits of mine might hinder my writing process, during this school year I learned how to embrace them.
Have you ever read a novel that was so appealing that it left you with the interest of writing something similar? Writing a novel is a time-consuming process that requires patience, knowledge and a certain language. However, not all writers known today were born with natural talents. In fact, many had to work on their skills in order to succeed. Although it could be difficult to come up with an idea and express it in words, writing can be easier if you followed certain steps, such as writing a plot, building the characters and making it plausible to anyone who reads it.
Has anyone ever asked you: “Who is most important to you”? To me the most wonderful mother in my life, no one can replace her in my heart. My mother, who is very nice and gentle, helps me and has always been there for me when I need her. My mother loves me very much. She is strict and educated me to become a good person. I can’t say how much love her. I am grateful to her because she gave me birth, brings me love and helped me grow up. But you know she just takes care of me a lot. Every day she tells me the same words. If you were me, you would feel very tired. I am a very happy child having my mother. I feel too tired to listen to her words, but imagine one day I don’t see her any longer and listen to her voice. What would I feel?
Early days many of people do not know about reading and writing and the importance of reading and writing. If someone knows to read and write in English many people think that person know about many things. In Maldives also most of people know to read and write Arabic and Dhivehi only that time. But now a day it is necessary to read and write in English because it helps us to communicate better and to get information also help to develop the mind moreover reading is the key to developing a good self-image. Without English language we cannot use internet also our language also is interconnected with English language without using English language we can talk properly in Dhivehi also. Writing is very important to be able to express yourself well
When I was younger, I would never put a book down, but now as I started maturing it has been difficult to pick up books in general. I do not know why I stopped reading perhaps it was because I had responsibilities, getting distracted with the new technology or simply because I got tired of it since the school would make you read books. Reading books for me was something I would do on my own time and I considered a fun thing to do, but once it was mandatory I put them down right away. When they started being mandatory you couldn’t read the books that you are interested in and had to read the books that you had a quiz on the next day. In general I do regret that I stopped reading because perhaps my reading skills could have been better than what they are now.