My Writing Process Essay

I have always been a pretty good writer. Throughout my educational career, especially in high school, I have written a lot of papers. This has provided an immense amount of practice, and has adapted my writing process through the years. The central idea to my writing process has always been to just sit down, get out a pen and paper or computer, and let it flow. Usually this works, but when it doesn’t, especially for papers that are about more complex ideas, I have to adapt my writing process to make sure that I have put everything I have in my brain onto the paper. That goes along with the mindset about writing that I have. That is, I believe that I should write every single paper like it’s going to be my masterpiece. Sometimes, there are strategies

Of course I have, on many occasions, stopped writing to do something else, but I think his strategy of stopping is more complex than it sounds. His advice was to stop and let your writing sneak up on you, almost subconsciously. This sounds easy but I think what he’s trying to get at is to write, but don’t write. What I mean by that is to not actively pursue the process of writing. Instead, you should just zone out and let something else take over. I could be dead wrong, but this is my interpretation of his interview. This strategy almost sounds like something a Buddhist or Taoist would use. I think mastery of the strategy of letting your writing sneak up on you could be extremely helpful, especially in a place like

His advice was to have an organized space, have a good work ethic, and to close off avenues to the outside world. Usually when I write, I write on my computer on my desk which can be pretty messy sometimes. All the stuff on my desk can be distracting at times. I like how he said he basically has a large kitchen table with his computer on it. Having all that space would be great to just spread out my notes and just write in a clean area. I think that would help me to focus better at times. The second thing he said was about having the work ethic that makes you show up. If I am writing about something that I am interested in or know a lot about, this is no problem at all for me. However, I find the majority of English writing to be extremely dry and redundant which makes it feel like pulling teeth every time I sit down to write. Now that I’m in college, this will not fly. I have high hopes for my academic goals here at VMI, so I know that no matter how much it’s going to suck, I have to have the discipline to start my writing assignments in a timely manner. The last part to his advice was about closing off the avenues to the outside world. This wasn’t too much of a problem when I was in high school. Besides the occasional break to watch Netflix or send a text, I was able to block out most distractions. Here at VMI, I do not think closing off avenues to the outside world will be much of a problem. Mostly because they have