My Writing Process Essay

To write or not to write is a fundamental question I tend to ask myself often before I enter the tedious stages of the writing process. For me writing in general has always been a battle of procrastination. I enjoy writing at times but the moment I remember how much work I have to put into something is the moment I dread doing the work. So, to write or not to write is a question I ask myself every day I know I have to do any kind of writing. Although just because I dread writing doesn’t mean that writing itself doe not get better. After I create a thesis and have a decent idea of what my argument is supposed to be for or against I can write relatively easy and looking for evidence to support your conclusion can be fun. I remember at times

For example my senior year in high school typically involved my writing teachers saying “hey you guys are going to write a 5 page research paper”, and my initial reaction would always be something along the lines of “ oh cool maybe I’ll learn how to write this time” . Eventually I learned how to write, but I usually do my best writings when I have a decent outline of what my paper should look like. Mainly because for writing it feels like the writing process is really abstract, and it’s not something I can imagine or see if I think about it hard enough. So, the moment I can see how my writing is supposed to turn out, I can do the writing assignment with ease. Although just because I have a good idea about how to write a paper sometimes the extent of a paper may cause an abrupt urge to put it off more often. “The idea of an eight to ten-page paper is always intimidating; no matter how many times I’ve had to write one before” (Dubicki). Here a senior English major is explaining how sometimes at first glance writing long papers can be intimidating. Which is understandable, because there is only so much that I can muster to write a decently long paper. After I cross the threshold for a typical length paper I start looking for anything to talk about in my