My Relationship With My Writing

     My weaknesses in writing are what cause my writing process to get stuck in the mud. I have always had the problem of finding exactly what to say. I usually start out the writing process from a blank, no draft, no structure, just straight forward free writing. I start to get worried about what I am writing and then just write things down till the word count button reads the minimum amount of words that the teacher has set forth. I find it very hard to be creative with my writing when I am just worried about how I am going to get it done.

The relationship that I have with writing is complicated and we don’t always get along. Although we tend to make up even when I get frustrated and want to quit. When being assigned a paper I struggle with what to write. My words seem to never come out the way I would like and I’m always having to start over and over again. It starts to get frustrating after a while. Needless to say writing isn’t one of my favorite things to do but it’s apart of our everyday lives like texting, sending emails, posting on Facebook, Twitter, and so on. I personally have only used texting as my main daily form of writing since I graduated high school. So therefore I would like to refresh my memory of what I learned in high school and widen my use of writing while in this writing course.

Writing isn’t for everyone, yet the number of people writing in this exact moment is pretty monstrous if you google it. Writing has basically been there for me since I was born, it was there when they wrote my birth certificate, when i was learning how to write my name, when i wrote my first essay, taking the STAAR tests, practicing for the AP test, to my first writing assignment for college. People are gifted with creating such rich, breathtaking, emotional, and deep work that last for generations and generations (not me), but writing has not always been a friend to me. The process of writing is not just write and your done, no you need to take time and let your ideas gush out (duh you already knew that) but also to edit and revise to make those final drafts. Writing can be a huge pain in the buttocks (ass), but it isn 't that bad. Here are some of my issues and strengths about writing and my take on it.

Writing has been an outlet for many people, but writing has always been a difficult thing for me. I don’t remember my past experiences in highschool with writing, but I do remember my writing in college. I had multiple papers for my history class during my second year in college from having each paper being a different topic correlating to the subject in class. During my second year in college I didn’t take any english courses which made writing papers difficult. There are certain aspects of writing I find difficult which are having topics being assigned because my writing are limited in expression, whereas free choice topics come easier.

I’ve always had a love hate relationship with writing. Finishing a long paper after days of work is incredibly satisfying. This is usually true for me because I rarely write something I don’t feel good about. When I write, I labor over every sentence. I constantly modify structure for the sake of clarity. I carefully control my word choice to avoid repetition. However, this attention to detail demands a lot of my time. I’m an incredibly slow writer. I managed to prove that this term whenever we did in class writings. I struggled to get my ideas on paper in the allotted time. I always got too hung up on the mechanics. I never really wrote complete responses. My thinking suffers a similar problem. I take awhile to figure out complex ideas. So receiving a prompt, and having to respond to it in forty minutes is hard for me. When it comes to larger essay assignments, I’m much more comfortable because I have time to find and flesh out my thinking.

Every writer has their own approach to the writing process. Some people may be extremely good at writing while others struggle. I know I was always one of those people who struggle with writing. In high school, I would always have to get help from a tutor or one of my teachers. It was always hard for me to stay focused enough to know what I needed to write about and what order everything needed to be in. it wasn’t until my senior year of high school when I finally had an English teacher who actually tried to help me with my writings. My teacher would work with me just a couple extra minutes before and after class making sure I knew what I would have to fix before I turn in my paper. He tried to help me with grammar and punctuation, but I

I think the main reason I love to write is because I can take the topic I’m given and do whatever I want with it. I like having that sort of control. However, I want to keep learning how to structure my pieces so they flow and are more concise. Sometimes, I also struggle with sounding super pretentious when I write because I like using big words. Despite these shortcomings, I’m told that my writing employs good use of vocabulary and is creative. Additionally, I’ve done well in previous English classes, as well as in public speech and essay competitions. I’ve done a fair amount of writing and at this point, the only thing I find intimidating is starting my piece. Before I sit down, I tend to have a pretty good idea of what I want to say. However, it’s normally hard for me to get on the right track, so I waste a lot of time thinking about the perfect way to start. Despite that frustration, I still write all the time and am working to overcome

Overall, I’ve had a rather decent experience with writing; in high school, it was never something I found myself looking forward to, but even despite my general distaste for essay-writing, I always managed to get through it with at least a decent grade. I’ve always considered myself skilled in the usage of grammar and generally capable in the art of sentence structure; however, I can’t toot my own horn for much else. Even with acceptable grammar skills, I tend to have a difficult time coming up with what to write. I struggle to get inspired and even when I do discover the occasional bout, it only tends to last about fifty words before I, yet again, hit another unsurpassable wall, followed then by me getting distracted. Because of my generally

In my opinion, one of the most effective things were the one-on-one meetings incorporated throughout this course. The invaluable feedback you provided on my work was beneficial because it showed me where I could improve on both my writing process and my style in that specific piece. Also, I enjoyed completing the journal entries every week. Journaling was one of my favorite aspects of this class because writing is a skill that will fade if you do not put in the effort to write at least once a week. The only way to improve is to persevere through writer’s block and write as much as possible. Finally, another part of the course that “worked” for me was that we completed three drafts before submitting the final drafts of our projects. This kept me from procrastinating on the work, as well as improving the final product because I had time to look over my work between the third and final drafts.

Throughout life, writing has been a major struggle for me to succeed as well as others. Therefore knowing my weakness, I begun by taking classes that were perquisites and taking those has help my writing improved. Soon writing has begun to become one of my major aspirations in life. It also became another aspiration in my life based on the teachings from my 12 grade English teacher pushing us as students to constantly write essays. Having her as my teacher allowed me to push myself and avoid writer’s block. Writers block is very common for people who love to write as much as I do. They tend to find it difficult to start ideas and to develop them properly, and having her as my teacher and a major influence in my life when it comes to academic

Writing is not my strong suit, but it has improved every single year. In Elementry school, I liked writing without any restrictions. Then middle school happened, I had to follow writing guidelines but still I liked it. Now high school, the place where I learned how to write. At first, I had trouble putting my words into an essay about a certain topic. After, talking to some of my English teachers they suggested that I should just start writing whatever came to my head. Then, I should look through the writing to see if any ideas would help me start the essay. Sometimes this would not work and would just have a huge block of text that I would do me no good but still. Now continuing, this idea showed me that sometimes I would need to just write

The relationship a writer has to research is crucial. Research plays a key role in writing because it provides the reader with background knowledge in proving a point. Researching information whether it be online or in books helps me gather new ideas and opinions about the specific topic I am focusing on. For example, while I was researching information for my Synthesis #2, I was exposed to a lot of new details about my TV series that I would have never found out otherwise. While I was researching, I was also building on my essay and the topics I want to touch upon. Furthermore, during the research process I was exposed to potential information that I could include in my essay. The relationship that research has to writing is essential. I realized

I’ve never been much of a writer. When I was little my parents focused strongly on being a good reader and the importance of reading, but never the importance of writing. I struggled throughout all of elementary school and Middle school trying to be a better writer. I never felt like a “strong” writer. After about 5th grade I came to think of writing papers and essays as the worst possible punishment in school. I had a breakdown in 6th grade when I heard we had to write a research paper. I even vowed in 8th grade after I had to write a 4 page research paper that I would never take a writing class in Highschool no matter what. And yet as my Junior year in High School rolled around I found myself taking a College Level Composition class.

All my life I’ve struggled with writing, creative or research based, it has been the biggest barrier in my high school career. I find it surprising how much I struggle with it since I’ve been writing essays and papers in nearly every class. Most classes that aren’t even English have an assignment which involves writing some sort of paper, even in Spanish.

When you are young, writing is basically a chore that you must do for school or torture. All the words, thoughts, ideas running around in their heads, never stopping even for a second, or nothing coming up and having to spend most of the time figuring what you are going to write. The deadline crushing them and stressing them out, hoping to finish in time. I was like that, the only time I would write was for school or if there was something that needed me to write. Even then I did not do the best I could do. That all changed in my second year in middle school.