As writers, we all have different strengths, weaknesses, and goals. As a writer my lists of strengths, weaknesses, and goals will never end; however, I hope that with time and practice my strengths will outweigh my weaknesses and I will not stop trying to achieve my goals.
This Composition One class has taught me so much in such little time. My list of strengths has grown twice as long within only a couple weeks. Some of my strengths are my MLA formatting, transitions, use of sentence combination, paragraph unity, and development of paragraphs. My MLA formatting is one of my strengths, but we do have a nice outline that helps us. After using the MLA template for a while I have been starting to remember the requirements of MLA formatting, so
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in time I could write a paper in MLA format, but without the template. My next strength is my use of transitions; my transitions are half strength and half weakness. I am very good at using transitions between sentences in my paragraphs. Also, I have improved in combining my sentences correctly. My high school English teachers never focused on how to fix run on sentences or comma splices, but the HOTSHOT CATS and FANBOYS have helped reduce my run on sentences and comma splices. My fourth strength is my improvement on my paragraph unity. Setting up my introduction correctly is a huge help when it comes to my paragraph unity. For example, I had great paragraph unity on my paper one because I had a good introduction that told my reader my main points of my paragraphs and then I didn’t stray from my main paragraph topics. My last strength is my development of my paragraphs. My paragraphs are unified and I explain my topics in more depth. I hope that as I continue taking different English classes that my strengths will keep improving and my weaknesses will become my strengths. Next are my con’s or negatives as a writer.
I am not a perfect writer and I will probably never be a perfect writer, but realizing I have weaknesses and finding solutions to fix them will make me a better writer. Some of my weaknesses are my use of contractions, using “I believe” or “I think”, comma usage, word choice, using “there is” or “there are”, and lastly my transitions. My first weakness is my use of contractions. I have improved on not using contractions, but sometimes I slip and throw a “don’t” into my paper. I have found that page 309 in my LBD compact book talks about different contractions. My second weakness is when I say I believe or I think in my writing. I use that a lot because I was never told that I should not. Mrs. Varrasso wrote on my critical reading one paper that it is common knowledge that I am stating my opinion and I should not say I believe or I think. My third weakness is when I use the second person’s in a first person only paper. My peer editors help me catch those random second person words I throw in my paper. My next weakness is when I start off a sentence with there is or there are. I learned that page 177 in my LBD compact book will help me reword those sentences. My last weakness is my word choice. I am normally very repetitive in my papers, but the online website Paperrater gives me examples of what words I used multiple times in my paper. We also have a new tool called Etutoring; Etutoring is a great website where I can send my paper
to English professionals and they will send me suggestions and feedback. So between the LBD compact handbook, Paperrater, and a new tool called Etutoring, I have many resources to help me eliminate my weaknesses. Lastly, I wanted to discuss my goals and ambitions with writing. I want to enhance my strengths and conquer my weaknesses. Writing is an enormous part of my everyday life, so I need to continue developing my strengths and weaknesses. I want to not feel uncomfortable when someone is reading my writing, or be worried that I have millions of comma splices. My biggest goal is to be more confident in my writing and grammar. I hope that as I continue taking different English and writing classes that I will improve as not only a writer, but a person. My list of strengths and weaknesses are never ending, and my goals for my writing will keep growing. As writers, we are all different, we will never be perfect, and we all strive to become better writers. I hope that in time my strengths will grow, while my weaknesses lessen. Lastly I know that I will never stop trying to achieve my goals.
One of the biggest weaknesses I have is not being able to transition from paragraphs effectively. In the Lord of the Flies and Asher Lev essays, I did not create a good flow through the essay, making it sort of choppy. I can improve this by increasing my knowledge of transition words and not expanding ideas too much. Also I have to work on slowing down my pace with writing and watch out for grammar mistakes. A way I could improve this is learning the placement of quotations in sentences, that they should be after a period in some cases. Another idea that I have to improve on is choosing the best evidence for my claim. In the Lord of the Flies essay, I had not chose the best evidences and it did not effectively show examples of the claim. I have to learn how to pick evidence that best suits my point of the argument and that I can tie in with my
The weakness I portray are very difficult for me to think of. I know that I have quite a few but to change them is something that I have not full conquered yet. A weakness I know I have is sentence structure. I am not very good at putting sentences together and making them strong and well developed. Another weakness that is obvious is word choice. I don't always know the exact wording to use in different parts of a paper, this makes it hard to understand sometimes not very well written.
Over my career of schooling my writing has changed dramatically at times and very little at others. Through my years of schooling people have determined my main weaknesses and strengths that I should work on with my writing. My biggest weakness is writing introductions and conclusions they must be so complicated and require so much thought to be defined as good. I excel at writing body paragraphs and explaining all the facts that back up your main ideas though.
Change is interwoven in the learning process and therefore is inevitable. It is beyond amazing to reflect on ourselves and see how much we change in just six months. I do not know what is more remarkable—the change itself or knowing that that change represents an expansion in our knowledge, a growth in our abilities, and an improvement in our writing. However, one thing I am sure of is that it feels good to see that, excuse the cliché, hard work does pay off.
In this paper, I am to write about my strengths and weaknesses in writing. This is not an easy task for me because I have never considered myself a writer. Reading other peoples thoughts are activities that are more my speed. I simply have trouble putting my thoughts into writing. Since, I do not feel that I have many strengths, let's move on to my weaknesses.
Writing is an important part of everyone’s life, whether we use it in school, in the workplace, as a hobby or in personal communication. It is important to have this skill because it helps us as writers to express feelings and thoughts to other people in a reasonably permanent form. Formal writing forms like essays, research papers, and articles stimulates critically thinking. This helps the writer to learn how to interpret the world around him/her in a meaningful way. In college, professors motivate students to write in a formal, coherent manner, without losing their own voice in the process. Improving your writing skills is important, in every English class that’s the main teaching point; to help students improve their writing skills. Throughout my college experience I have acknowledge that
Whether it is how I want to put it or not being able to use correct vocabulary to disperse my thoughts to my audience. Another weakness I have is the organization of my paper. I write as I think and sometimes my thoughts may be all over the place. After I have completed a paper, I go back and reread it a couple of times and realize that what I said at times makes no sense because my information is scattered around. I have trouble structuring my sentences to transition well to introduce my next thought or
A weakness of mine when writing is I often lack a hook or having an interesting opening and closing sentence, I feel my sentences get too wordy and my sentences lack vivid detailing. Sometimes organizing my written paper can also be a weakness of mine, especially when there is an essay that asks to compare and contrast. Thinking how I want to start an introductory paragraph and thesis statement is where I have the most trouble and sometimes can be challenging to me. Some strengths I have is that I often try to have a variety of different words so they aren 't overused and using a strong vocabulary. Lastly, another strength I have is I can gather a lot of information and write about a vast amount of topics.
Becoming a good “writer” at its core value is a simple process that includes redundant sessions of failure. Every time one writes, failure allows them to learn the skills that are required to reach the inner voice that is being expressed. Even though the pain of failure seems to take control in the moment, it will always subside, and this simple process of, failing until success comes, is what pushes me to become a stronger writer. Coupling this with personal goals, my writing is always under a constant review by myself, and while it may take courage to pursue these goals, it is necessary to do. For in my personal pursuit to combine both processes, I review my overall writing skills as lacking in developing a strong structure for my arguments to fill into; yet the ability to create an argument with a deeper connection and “unique” thoughts has always been a strong suit of mine.
This class has helped me realize my strengths and weaknesses in literature. This has allowed me to grow and realize that I am a work in progress. I am confident that by the end of this class my big issues in writing will be improved. Each assignment in this class is helping grow and is making me into the writer I know I can be.
One skill that I wish I had time to improve on is citing sources in MLA style. Through the course, I refused to seek help from my professor until week seven, one thing I regret doing. that could have allayed the fear and doubt I had about this course. Any questions I had could be cleared up as the course progressed. My essays through the subsequent weeks have demonstrated my strength and weaknesses. I do not have many strengths when it comes writing, but still I consider my greatest strength in writing to be being able to clearly understand the prompt and answer it correctly, especially with the analysis essays. I think this is just because I spend most of the scarce time on hand just to think about the prompt, for example, when I was preparing for my rhetorical analysis essay on globalization I thoroughly read both article on globalization by both Kwame Anthony Appiah and franklin Foer .An obvious struggle I have as a writer is organization and transitions. I tend to jump from one topic to another and sometimes cover. I should have used more transitional words in between sentences and paragraphs to make my reader understand the logic of my paper. I have not had enough writing experience and the writing process is difficult for me. I do sometimes admit that it takes days to complete one assignment, but it will be worth it when I become a proficient
I am am excited to see the progress I have already made as a writer. While writing my Reflection paper I adjusted my focus not to just my words and thoughts: but to my paper as a whole. My newly found skills include being able to develop a thesis, paragraph unity and using stronger vocabulary choice. However; I still hold weaknesses as writer too. Developing a solid thesis statement, develops a solid paper.
The student demonstrates many strengths as a writer in both, his journal entry and benchmark writing sample. He also shows a few areas that need work. After reviewing his work, his stars and wishes have become clear, stars being strengths and wishes being areas that need work.
Gabriela Zamora Professor: R. Stringer Friday class 09/06/2014 Writing consists of strengths and weaknesses; it requires perfect grammar, spelling, enhanced vocabulary and good punctuation. In my point of view, I have never considered myself a good writer. One of my weaknesses in writing is always tackling the prompt, due to it is hard for me to begin an essay. My grammar and punctuation has also been another problem in my writing because I always tend to use the wrong transition word or punctuation.
Every writer will have their strengths and weaknesses. As for me, my biggest weakness, would have to be grammar and mechanics. I often make very obvious mistakes and I try to overcome this weakness, but sometimes my peers or instructors will find plenty of mistakes throughout my papers. As I continue my educational journey I wish to work on my weakness so that it will no longer be a hindrance to my grade. On the positive side, I feel as a writer I excel in organizing and formatting my thoughts on paper.