One of my oldest writing memories is narrating my essays to my mother, who would type them for me and help me to correct any grammar mistakes or awkwardly worded passages. To some this may have seemed like a cheating way of doing my essays. I always got excellent grades on them and my teachers praised my writing skills. I used to feel bad, should I tell them that my mom helped me? But looking back, I think that 's what helped me to impro writing skills and learn to love the written word. Part of the reason for having her help me, was that she could type very fast, and as I would dictate my essay, I would have new ideas and she could type them much faster than I could get them on the paper, which helped me to let myself welcome new ideas even …show more content…
I have always loved to read. I will read practically anything. My shelves are full of books. There are books stacked on my desk and the floor of my room. I am running out of room and yet I still collect more and more books. I even have a book about bibliophiles, bibliomanes and those obsessed with books; I believe it is called A Gentle Madness. There is a writing event that takes place in November. It is known as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. In case you are not familiar with it, the basic idea is that you write fifty thousand words in the month of November. I attempted this in 2013. I was not successful, but I think it really changed the way I looked at writing. Part of my problem in completing the fifty thousand words was my desire to edit as I wrote. One of the main pieces of advice for completing the fifty thousand words is that you just write. Don 't stop to edit, don 't stop to revise, just write. I would type out notes to myself, if I hadn 't named a character yet I would leave something like “FEMALEPROTAGONIST” wherever I wanted the name to appear, that way, when it came time to revise my work, or if I thought of a name I could easily fill in the name wherever it went. Now seeing as I am following the advice above currently and am avoiding revision, this is a bit of a hot mess. But I do have a point in here somewhere. I used to think that a first draft had to be really good. Ithought it had to be basically, …show more content…
I hope to bring it to it 's full potential some day, which is part of the reason why I never finished it. I had a story idea. It was just a small idea, an idea that 's been done before many times. Through the looking glass. Now, it was nothing close to the classic tale we know by the time I had the idea fleshed out, but that was my starting point. I began to write the story when I realized something: I didn 't even know what had set the events of my story in motion. That sort of took me aback. I didn 't even know why the story I was writing was happening, which really was a big oversight on my part. I hadn 't done any background on this whole new world I was creating. So I decided to put that story aside, and write what would become to my story, what The Silmarillion was to The Lord of the Rings. I was brainstorming a literal history book of a world only I knew about, and it was amazing. I had so much freedom. I only wrote a small amount of it. But the planning and the outlines and the brainstorming I did changed me as a writer. I felt so free to make it whatever I wanted, and it was amazing. I haven 't gone back to it because I want to write something else first. I know my first large written work will likely be my worst. We learn from jumping in and making mistakes, and I loved my story too much to make first time novel mistakes on it. I still write down ideas for it when they come to me from time to time,
Living in the Southern United States during eighteenth century was a difficult time for African-Americans. Majority of them were slaves who received manipulation, sexual abuse and brutally whips to the spin. They were treated this way in order to stop them from gaining hope, knowledge and understanding of the world. Some African Americans managed to obtain these qualities from books and use them to escape from slavery. Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist who wrote an autobiography, from which the excerpt "Learning to Read and Write" explains how he developed literacy. In the excerpt, an African American slave banned from learning to read and write, breaks the law in an attempt to free his mind from the restricted beliefs of his master. One significant idea portrayed from Douglass's ordeal is that reading and writing is a vital skill that benefits humanity.
Once the writing is done, this is where the fear comes alive. It’s the fear of failure, disappointment, disapproval, and maybe even success. Collin Brooke and Allison Carr say, “The ability to write well comes neither naturally nor easily.” (Failure Can Be an Important Part of Writing Development 63) This statement is something I wish I could let myself believe. I have a preconceived notion that writers are born, not made. That my brother, a fellow writer, will see more success than myself. Why would anyone ever care what I have to say about anything? These are the fears and insecurities that limit me from growing with my process. Brooke and Carr also say about writers, “...they are the ones who are able to make mistakes, learn from them, and keep writing until they get it right.” (63) If I could challenge my process, I would challenge myself to do exactly what this quote says. My first draft always has to be the perfect draft, but this is unrealistic. I limit myself before I even start with this ideology. My hope for my process is to challenge myself to take more risks, write more drafts, and fail so I can at least say I tried. I may even challenge myself to get a head start on some of those due dates...
Somewhere inside your mind, there is a writer clawing to get out. This terrifying truth cannot be avoided, and if left unchecked this facet of your psyche will overflow with ideas until you find yourself regularly engaged in that most heinous of tasks, writing. Without immediate action to stem the tide, you may even find yourself with an unwanted and unexpected finished work. Avoiding this fate requires a great deal of determination, and some unfortunate individuals succumb fully, their lives taken over by endless composition. However, by following the steps described below, you can have a strong chance of overcoming your creative tendencies and living a normal life.
We wrote an essay in class where we had to ponder the age old act of storytelling and why people do it. When I wrote my first draft for that paper, I was so confused. I had no clue why people told stories. I knew what people had said their personal reasons were, but I didn’t know how to incorporate that information with my own personal feelings about stories. It wasn’t until after the second set of peer reviews that I realized that just taking their comments, which there weren’t many of, into consideration, I needed to follow my own gut feelings about my paper; my felt sense. I felt like something was very wrong with it, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. If I were a more experienced writer, perhaps I would have kept writing, not until I had filled the required amount of pages, but until I had found the words that I was searching for.
While writing the first draft I was tickled to relive an awkward experience I had with my mother in law. It was so funny to look back at it, since sixteen years had gone by. What surprised me was that every time I went back to work on it, and do another draft, I could see and remember more and more about that time in my life. It was able to understand both my mother and law and my own intents more clearly every time. Ultimately I was able to see how our individual perspectives and choices have brought us to where we are today. This internal evolution allowed my writing to become more rich and authentic because as I added more nuance and detail each time through. This piece taught me a lot about myself and a lot about the writing process. It also has encouraged me to write some other stories that I know my kids would say, “Did that really
In “The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscript,” Donald Murray explains how the writing process truly begins after a progression of rough drafts. Murray addresses how revising your draft is essential to discovering the real meaning to writing. The purpose of this excerpt is to demonstrate to readers how important revisions can be on improving your writing.
growing up I 've never been a very proficient writer . but my mom never accepted mediocre work especially when she saw greatness in all of my brothers. Being a little kid I always thought my mom had a negative impact on my writing process, but now that I 'm older I still see she was actually left a very positive impact on my writing process. No matter what my mother always made sure I always had three drafts. The first draft will be of course the draft where you get basically all of your ideas on paper to get a general idea of what you 're about to write about. The second draft was where the editing and deletion of all the unnecessary content in your paper. The second draft also eliminated grammatical and spelling errors in the paper. The
When I was younger, I would never put a book down, but now as I started maturing it has been difficult to pick up books in general. I do not know why I stopped reading perhaps it was because I had responsibilities, getting distracted with the new technology or simply because I got tired of it since the school would make you read books. Reading books for me was something I would do on my own time and I considered a fun thing to do, but once it was mandatory I put them down right away. When they started being mandatory you couldn’t read the books that you are interested in and had to read the books that you had a quiz on the next day. In general I do regret that I stopped reading because perhaps my reading skills could have been better than what they are now.
I have always imagined that good writers get things done quickly, with one attempt, and need only editing of already brilliant ideas, thoughts, and words. When I write, I feel I really have no clue what I am doing, and I have to try, try again, rewrite, reorganize, rethink, and finally, eventually, I arrive at a point where I have delivered something coherent, meaningful, and informative. From this article, I learned about the importance to just start writing, putting thoughts to paper, and accepting that it is okay, even if I am embarrassed to show those thoughts to anyone else at that point. Trusting myself as a writer, and knowing that it is completely acceptable to write a “shitty first draft” will make the process much less
Why do we learn writing? Writing is a very crucial part of the learning process, because when we write we consolidate our understanding by going deep into a particular subject area. This process stimulates our thoughts to express our views clearly and logically. Many students at Montgomery College are eager to pass the writing classes to take their major courses. Writing can be a challenge to foreign students, but taking the writing courses and understanding the writing process are very important and stepping stone for further education. During my EN 101A semester, I had worked particularly on the use of the writing process particularly on writing a vibrant thesis statement which offers a concise solution to the issue being addressed. I had struggled to improve my expository writing through working at the writing center. In addition, I had also worked on improving my critical thinking which helped me to develop analytical skills in an effort to add my own thoughts, contemplate a particular topic and analyze important issues.
Reading and writing are a major part of my life and has changed the way I view things now. In my family, my two sisters and my mother read as well as write. I follow in their footsteps. My mother would sit me down everyday and read with me so I could improve. Reading was a bonding thing for my mother and I. My mother and I even joined a book club together when I was younger. We read a new book every month and it was a splendid way to higher our vocabulary. Reading and writing are almost like a keep safe for me. If anything was ever wrong with me, all I had to do to calm down was pull out a book or my journal. Reading and writing are very important to me. I read almost everyday now all because of my mother.
Have you ever read a novel that was so appealing that it left you with the interest of writing something similar? Writing a novel is a time-consuming process that requires patience, knowledge and a certain language. However, not all writers known today were born with natural talents. In fact, many had to work on their skills in order to succeed. Although it could be difficult to come up with an idea and express it in words, writing can be easier if you followed certain steps, such as writing a plot, building the characters and making it plausible to anyone who reads it.
The end goal, a journal, that holds such a meaning that even the thought of writing it is frightening. After the two long years of running the race, the end is finally in sight. Every assignment is a beginning to become more meaningful.
Language is a complex tool used by humans to convey meaning, express emotion and pass down information, it is a multi-faceted entity that is found in many forms. Language does not just mean the spoken language used in everyday life to express intent, ask questions, identify objects and convey feelings, but includes body language, such as facial expression and hand gestures, and written language. Body language is used both consciously and unconsciously to express emotion and feeling without speaking and can be combined with oral language to enhance or change meaning. Written language allows humans to visually record information, pass down ideas and connect people from great distances. These are by no means the only forms that language
Early days many of people do not know about reading and writing and the importance of reading and writing. If someone knows to read and write in English many people think that person know about many things. In Maldives also most of people know to read and write Arabic and Dhivehi only that time. But now a day it is necessary to read and write in English because it helps us to communicate better and to get information also help to develop the mind moreover reading is the key to developing a good self-image. Without English language we cannot use internet also our language also is interconnected with English language without using English language we can talk properly in Dhivehi also. Writing is very important to be able to express yourself well