I Can Writing has always proved to be difficult and unpleasant for me, which was only worsened by the diminutive amount of confidence I had in my writing. I needed to gain self-assurance as a writer, but I also required an overall increase in my self-esteem. During my early school years, the writings that I produced were mediocre and definitely not my greatest works. The lack of confidence in myself as a writer certainly inhibited me from constructing the works that I had in my mind. Over the years, faith in myself has grown, as well as my self-possession as a writer. I believe that it is the result of having my parents and teachers believe in me, even when I did not believe in myself. They encouraged me to work towards my full potential, one that they knew I was capable of. For middle school, I attended a school for students with learning differences. In the beginning, I was apprehensive of anything I did, and I would often go up to the teacher’s desk and ask for help. The teacher would respond, “Alexis, you do not need my help, you can do it on your own,” and from constantly being told …show more content…
Throughout high school, my teachers seemed to have more faith in my work than I did, so they pushed me to work harder and build myself as a writer. They assisted me in organizing my thoughts and expressing my ideas on paper. For instance, they would have me write my stream of ideas out on paper and encouraged me to arrange them in related categories; this eventually led to the creation of paragraphs constructed around the ideas in each category, which composed my paper. In addition, my teachers helped me to realize that all I needed was a little direction and self-assurance. Otherwise, I was a completely capable
This assignment is a testament of growth and contributed to my outlook on strategies towards improving my writing through the importance of understanding how crucial, each component of the writing process is and how in depth you should take each process. Lastly, this reflection advocated how editing is the principal task of every good writer. “To write is human, to edit is divine,” Stephen
The very first chapter we read of Mindful Writing changed my perspective to see that anyone and everyone can be a writer. Brian Jackson, the author of Mindful Writing, wrote, “In this book I want to convince you that anyone writing anything for any reason is a writer…Writing is not something we do just in school. It is a vital means of influence in all facets of life.” It was through that very first reading that I began to think about writing as more than just a dreaded part of school, and I began to think of myself as more than just a student forced to write. Our very first assignment, My Writing Story, helped me to reflect on my identity as a writer. I realized that I was a writer every time I wrote in my journal or captioned an Instagram post. Throughout the semester, as I came to love writing more with each paper I wrote, I was able to create my identity as a writer. I learned that I loved research and analyzing others’ thoughts and ideas, but that writing simply on my own opinions, wasn’t my favorite past time. Through the countless readings this semester, I saw which writing styles I loved and which didn’t speak to me. Each day of class, I chipped away at creating my identity as a writer, and I’m grateful for the lessons that helped me shape and realize that
Moving to middle school was a big step and responsibility. Going from reading chapter books to nonfiction stories or even school textbooks for research papers changed my life. In 6th grade I was a decent writer, but still not the best that I could be. Anytime that I wasn’t doing homework for other classes, I was trying to get better at writing. I wrote stories in my journal at home and showed my parents ask what they thought. They both said that they were great stories, but that I could improve on my vocabulary and sentence structure. With my parents giving me advice I changed the words to be more complex, and it helped my writing improved extremely.
Several people have trouble writing college level essays and believe that they are unable to improve their writing skills. In “the Inspired Writer vs. The Real Writer,” Sarah Allen argues how no one is born naturally good at writing. Sarah Allen also states how even professional writers have trouble with the task of writing. Others, such as Lennie Irvin, agree. In Irvin’s article “What is ‘Academic’ Writing?” states how there are misconceptions about writing. Furthermore, Mike Bunn’s article “How to Read Like a Writer” shows ways on how one can improve their writing skills. Allen, Bunn, and Irvin are correct to say how no one is born naturally good writers. Now that we know this, we should find ways to help improve our writing skills, and
English has never been my best subject. Reading books can be exciting, but the writing aspect of English can be dreadful. Somehow, however, I passed all my advanced English classes with at least a B, and my teachers always considered me to be “above average.” My impartiality toward English shifted to an indifference near the end of my high school career; my indifference then shifted to appreciation. This appreciation is attributed to American Studies and Honors Writing, the most difficult English classes at Belleville East Township High School. American Studies and Honors Writing have strengthened my writing skills beyond what I believed possible. I still do not believe that I am the best writer, and English may never be my best or favorite
Writing has incessantly been a struggle throughout my short life. Within writing, everyone possesses the entirety of tools needed to produce greatness, but many lack in the manufacturing of the product. You may have the greatest ideas for novels and short stories, though be unable to truly express yourself within the confines of only words. This precise issue faces me on a daily basis. All these exceptional visions spinning in my mind, yet I have not been able to master the art of putting these visions onto paper. However, I do admit I have grown as a writer over this single semester, and have major goals set for myself, not only as a writer but also in my career field.
As I reflect it becomes clear to me that I enjoyed writing my junior year in high school. My English teacher Mr. Duckworth was a one of a kind teacher. His classroom was a normal classroom setting with the desk all line up behind one another. All of his students would face the white erase board that was located in the front of the room. He would typically sit at his desk leaning back in his chair giving us instructions on what was to be done in the class. As we sit in the class, all I can hear are my classmates laughing and joking around as he spoke. he would already have an essay topic on the board that was to the right of us that he could easily see from his desk. This was an everyday routine for all of his classes. As we begin to write, I noticed how different classmates of mine would get up to ask for help with their essay. The students who never asked for help usually would end up with a lot of red markings on their essays.
As my English 101 class comes to an end, I have realized how much I have transformed as a writer. In this essay, I am going to explain what I realized my strengths and weaknesses are as a writer and how they have manifested themselves throughout the quarter. I was skeptical at first coming into this class knowing that English takes formidable work and dedication, but I am very proud of the progress I have made. We completed a great deal of work throughout the quarter; from grammar exercises, summary reviews, and two challenging essays. Throughout the quarter I found myself improving in each category. As a writer, my skills and confidence have developed into more clarity and thought, something I have always wanted to be, as a result of a well constructed class that led to a superb educational experience.
Over the course of the semester, I feel that I have grown as a writer in many ways. When I came into the class, there were skills I had that I already excelled at. During my time in class, I have come to improve on those skills even more. Before I took this class, I didn’t even realise what I was good at. This is the first class where I felt I received feedback on my writing that helped me to actually review my work to see what areas I lacked in and where I succeeded.
My very first semester I was taking WRIT 101, and I was excited to get back to writing, since at this point in my life I had written anything in years. I was usually quite good with research topics, or scripts where I was never the focus, but I hadn’t counted on was a course load of personal essays. For the first time, I was struggling with writing. My grades didn’t reflect the struggle, I put forth the effort, and always got my assignments done, but writing about myself had proven to be a tougher act than I initially counted on. Throughout my life, I had always focused on telling the stories of others, fictional characters or people that I had known, but seldom did I write about myself, how I felt or about my life experiences.
Authors like to sway ideas, thoughts, and imagination. Authors have the power to be able to express thoughts that others would not think of. Readers do not want to read the same old stories that everybody knows about, they want to read things that no one else has come up with. If all authors wrote about the same thing, no one would give their time to read about something they already know. If all stories were exactly the same, books would not sell as much as they do today.
Whether it be inserting too many exclamation points or not getting to the point fast enough, we are all guilty of personal writing errors. It is important to take part in the simple task of reviewing past assignments and work to reflect on one’s mistakes to improve from them. After all, the first thing to do in order to better yourself is to reflect on past habits and behaviors. It is from self-reflection that I can learn to make changes to help me become a better writer.
When writing, in all forms, I tend to try and be both dramatic and unique. I would call my writing style dramatic because I think it makes for a stronger effect that is given off by my pieces, whether positive or negative. I would call it unique because I try to always put my own spin on things, and attempt, to the best of my ability, to keep all of my writing as interesting and new as it can be. The reason for this is because there has been writing for centuries, and I personally believe the only way to keep things fresh and interesting for both me, the writer, and the reader is to always put a new spin on things.
Before taking English 1A, I was a discouraged writer because as an English learner, I did not believe that I had any ability to be an acceptable writer. Therefore, I did not have any joy while I was doing writing assignments. However, I have gradually loved writing through this semester. I fortunately got plenty of helps from my classmates and professor; thus, my writing skills have gotten improved a lot. I currently can feel that writing is a quite enjoyable process, and I like delivering my ideas to other people by writing, too. I am really proud that I have enhanced my pre-writing skills, writing structure and revising skills and have learned how to write an effective thesis statement and how to deal with rhetorical analysis. However, I still have lots of deficiencies in my articles, such as grammar problem and the lack of logical transition.
In high school I didn’t consider myself that great of a writer, but I always seemed get decent grades on what I wrote. I mean I might just not be giving myself enough credit on my writing. I’m not really sure; I guess I don’t really think that I do anything that greatly. A lot of people did want my help writing their papers in high school, so I guess I couldn’t have been but such a horrible writer. In high school, the most important things to me weren’t the people, the experiences, the parties or any of that; I prided myself on my work. Now that isn’t all bad because it got me the grades to get into my dream school, but I think that I lost of what could have been a great four years of my life. I’m glad that I’ve had that experience though because now I realize you need balance. You can have fun and do you school work too, you just have to stay organized and on top of things. I’m really hoping that this will be a great five years for me, and that my writing will improve over the course of this semester.