I am not really sure where to start. Since there is not too great deal in pile up in my life or early days related to my past and development in writing. I guess I could focus more on my progress and often, from some points of view, an odd experience with language. I say that mostly because my experience involves a lot of story telling and adventure; At least from what I can remember. My mother would always enlighten me with stories, mostly eerie, spooky, wacky stories. These tales of terror in all probability predisposed my mind's eye a lot. Moving around at a young age and exploring the world around me probably contributed to my out of the ordinary acuity of reality and many of my strange adventures with the written and spoken tongue. Reading and learning for …show more content…
But, of course things change, and a big alteration in my whole outlook on the topic changed a lot, I would say, mostly in my teenage years; mostly around high school influences on my writing started to spark my interest on the topic, especially informal writing. That focus in the tale of my undertaking into the English language can be communicated later on, however. The beginning of my written story will start with my blanket and my books.
When I lived in Sarasota, Florida, where I was born, and departed from around the age of four, my first moment with books and the wonderful world composed inside started in my den size bedroom. My mother would show me her favorite childhood adventures stamped by various artists into thin books with classically blue, violet, pink, or blue cardboard covers. These first steps into fundamental literature usually spoke of stories about far off lands with magic sparks of witch craft and mayhem. We climbed of hills of google gob and Dr. Seuss and his friends the three little pigs ate lunch together on top of interesting mountains full of all sorts of dangerous candy and beautiful ideas; yes, in these worlds ideas mountains
This quarter has been amazing for me as a writer. Not only did I heavily enjoy the class, but I feel like I have grown both as a writer and as a person. I have had many difficulties writing in all of my scholastic life and I would like to thank you for being the teacher to help me get through them. On the first day of class we did a small self-reflection where we wrote a little bit about what we saw in ourselves. My greatest strength was talking to people, but I never had the confidence in myself until I met my girlfriend.
Since grade school, I have always found it difficult to express my thoughts on paper. It has always been frustrating and too time consuming for me complete. I’ve always been more of a literal, verbal, and straight to the point individual so long written out expressive essays have been a real problem. Science and Mathematics has always come natural to me but English (writing) has always been my downfall in school, with grades and confidence. Since I have started college, my writing courses have gone from one failed attempt to the next. Writing has always been a difficult skill for me, so now that I have been introduced to formal research paper in college, it has become one of my most trying challenges yet; almost as difficult as learning a new language. I will first describe my series of failed writing attempts, then the detached feelings that followed, and lastly, I will explain my specific issue with Research.
This year was a true test to my abilities as a writer. Until my last year of middle school, I could not write. In eighth grade, I was forced to learn how. I was drilled with grammar, and I was tasked with multiple essays. This year, I was able to take the skills I learned in eighth grade and put them to the test.
What was most surprising to me most about writing in college, it’s the fact that it’s more fun and it had a lot more interesting topics to write about. When I went to high school I always almost got a C or a D in writing but now that I’m in college I don’t feel that I struggle as much as I did in high school. But when I think about why I am doing so much better now in writing, I think its due to the fact that I have so much more help from tutors and better teachers. I’m also surprised that I’m getting A’s and B’s now in writing. During the course of English 102, the most demanding paper that I came across was the paper 3.
It is my belief that through this class and the tools provided, that my growth as a writer has grown through leaps and bounds I would never have assumed possible. It is not so much the skill I refer to, although I would think skill has gone up in some levels as well, but more so the appreciation for the craft of writing itself. Intially, at the start of this class my sole goal was to further my understanding and appreciation of the writer's and books that I so love to read. Through further evaluation within the first week, a few other goals came to mind, of which were making writing a habit, finishing what I start, stop second guess my writing skills and making effective use of detail and describtion. Through use of the many articles, various
It’s really fascinating to me how I tend to evaluate where I started and where I am now. As a writer, I would say that I know my strengths and weaknesses clearly. Every writer wants to be impeccable, distinguished, extraordinary, but I had to come to realization that a writer can never reach perfection. Professor O’Neill pointed out that as a writer you will never stop improving, because you never stop learning. As a writer we all tend to have our flaws, but the day our writings don’t have faults, is the day where writing gets boring.
Writing has always held a special place in my heart. My early memories of writing are ones of wild experimentation and simple joy. The act of speaking with silent power, through written words, drew me in even closer at an older age when I began forming independent thoughts and perceptions of the world around me. As a young adult, I now use my writing to pursue my passion for the environment and its’ conservation.
Writing has been a difficult task for me all through school. I will explore how problems writing developed into my appreciation of writing. Just facing my fears of writing has given me the tools I needed to write.
When I was 11 years old, I wrote and published a book. While not exactly a book of any real merit, it is a book nonetheless. Of course, my work did not appear on bookstore shelves, major or otherwise, was never present at book clubs, critiqued, or discussed in any way. It is, however, an ever present reminder of an accomplishment that, since its “publication” in 2006, has a place of honor on my bookshelf. Although I must mention that the book was originally a class project and, as such, there are no other copies except the one I own.
• What have you been taught about writing? Writing is a process that involves outlining, drafting pre-writing revising and proof reading. And it involves a lot of thinking. That challenge of writing is always in the process targeting the audience, and the purpose writing a letter or writing for leisure or fun is completely different.
Writing can be frustrating also challenging for many people; When given the task, some may become frustrated. The reason for their frustration may be due to not being able to communicate the words that are in their mind on paper. It is believed that writing can be challenging for some people because of its sequential and concurrent components such as idea generation, encoding text, and editing (Dunn, 2011). There was a time when I thought that I was a “good enough writer”. After all, it would only count when I am taking English and Literature classes and then I would not have to use it in my chosen career.
Writing has always been a means of expression but also a skill to bring to the professional world. I have found my own writing skills improve naturally as I matured as an individual, however the leaps I made came from active experiences that directly tested my ability to write. This was mainly from academic sources where I had to mold my mind differently depending on the writing. I found this difficult as I was more focused on forming empirical analysis and I was unable to stay on topic. Although I had my difficulties, I am also thankful for exposing my weaknesses. By experience, I have improved in writing a lot from continuously reading and writing different forms of essays, all while improving my writing organization.
Throughout this writing course, I have learned several new skills and have met many of my goals as a writer. I have developed a personal style and enhanced my way of writing, as well as created new goals that I hope to fulfill in the future. I chose to take this course independently outside of my classes for extra credit. Last year, I took the first semester of creative writing in school and I loved it; the assignments were enjoyable and I learned many valuable writing skills. That’s why I wanted to take the second semester now, and I am so glad I did.
The smell of Mom’s cooking wafted around the modest apartment. The blazing sound came from the t.v. as my little brother watched. In an hour Dad would be home. Then we could all eat.
I am still shocked to see that I can manage the few projects that I have at the moment. I've got 3 kids at home, and it's normally chaotic during the holidays (every parent out there knows what I mean).