Creative Writing Reflection

When I first began Writing 101 I only had skills from high school and creative writing, and had no experience writing in a college setting. The reason I took this class was because it was a basic requirement for my studies. I started this class believing that I knew a lot about writing simply because I wrote often in my spare time, and creative writing was my favorite subject in high school. Now that this class is coming to an end, I realized there was so much I did not know about writing such as the rules and styles of writing. This class has been very helpful with helping me progress in my writing, and has allowed me to expand on my writing styles.

I originally learned the most about writing in high school and in a creative writing class.

When I first started week five of class I did not understand why parallel structure would be important in a writing assignment because it seemed slightly redundant. After going through the assignment about parallel structure I understood that without parallel structure a sentence could easily be misinterpreted. The lack of this could have the reader think that one thing was meant to pertain to something it did not, and make the sentence sound awkward and unbalanced. Now I am aware that parallel structure helps create a sentence that is easier to comprehend and a sentence that is grammatically

For me, this was the most important skill I learned because I had always struggled with correctly implementing sources into my scholarly writing. Before this class, I would never include the author’s name or page number in my actual writing, but would cite them on the cite page in my assignment. Doing this made it more difficult to write a paper without plagiarizing an author, and I would always have to paraphrase direct quotes when I found there was something important I wanted to include in my work. After this class, it is still a little confusing on how to properly cite a source when directly quoting or when there are multiple authors; however, I have learned how to include a writer into my direct paper effectively. This has assisted with development of my thoughts and ideas and has also made transitioning in research papers more smooth. In the future I plan on studying and developing my understanding of citing sources so I can properly include them in my