Personal Narrative: My Writing Process

Each writer establishes their own writing process. For some, writing may come naturally and is fairly easy to pick up on, while others may struggle with writing. Fortunately, I feel as if writing comes naturally to me. As a benefit, my dad is an English teacher-- which means I have been practicing my writing and grammar skills from a young age. Included with the many hours of writing practice, I have secured many skills that contribute to my writing ability.

One of the many important skills I have learned over the years is to start my writing process with planning. I do this by developing a list of ideas I could write about. For example, when planning my narrative paper I wrote out a list of possible stories I could talk about. I knew the narrative paper had to be around five pages so I tried to come up with a story that involves good details so I would not bore the reader. I made up a list of about five or six stories I had in mind and tried to think about how I could talk about that specific story in my mind. In order to remember the ideas I had, I would make notes next to my story topics. I try to make my plans and notes very neat and organized to avoid confusion. Planning out my paper before writing helps me

When I first start to type my thoughts, I just write with my heart. I feel as if it is important for me to first write with my heart in order for me to get all my ideas on the page. When I do this, I just write about what comes to mind. I do not worry about if it is grammatically correct or if I have created well-written sentence. In order to stop myself from trying to create the perfect paper, I do my best to avoid thinking about how I am writing. I know in my head I will later go back and correct everything and re-write my sentences to make them sound more clear. Writing with my heart allows me to convert all the thoughts in my head onto the page which allows me to get better