My Writing Journey

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“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go” says E. L. Doctorow. After reading my essay I wrote the first week of the semester, I have seen the growth in my writing just in a few weeks. Coming into this class, I thought I knew how to write decently well, however; I have realized that I have a lot to learn as we continue to write each and every day. I’ve learned many things already and I’m continuing to learn new things. I’ve also been refreshed on some writing skills and punctuation which I had forgotten about. I believe writing is a “journey”, you need to start somewhere and go off of it. To write a strong essay, you must use proper grammar, punctuation, clear and strong thoughts, and have a introduction with strong thesis sentence and a good closing conclusion paragraph. …show more content…

I had not written a paper since last spring in Mrs. Kurtz’ class. So I definitely was a little bit rusty on writing a paper. I believe I definitely struggled a lot with figuring out how to start out my essay but then once I started writing it became a little bit easier. I always have thought that I have a hard time starting essays off. Another part of struggling on how to start my essay is coming up with a thesis sentence that is strong and supports my opinion and thoughts. In my latest essay, my thesis was “too general”, meaning it did not keep the reader interested and it was not opinionated. I’m still struggling to create a good thesis sentence but i’m working on

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