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My Writing For My Life

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My late grandma, Jan got me into writing when I was only ten years old. My writing methods in addition to my sentence structures have evolved throughout the years; however, I never really paid attention to my strengths and weakness as a writer until I first entered 16SP Composition I (ENGL-112-A). My first assigned essay was a reflection piece. Unfortunately, I lost my papa due to alcoholism; hence, why I wrote about how his death in impacted in my first project. While looking over the graded assignment, I noticed I had different strengths and weakness then I thought I had. Using the resources I have been given will help me strengthen the four strengths I notice; in addition to, fixing the four weakness that I dislike having.
The main reason I write is that I can escape from the world around m as well as letting of the feeling at are locked up inside of me. The first strength I noticed throughout my different assignments is that I produce excellent introduction starting statements. I begin to write almost all my assignments with quotes because quotes are the fancies. “We’re past the age of heroes and hero kings. … Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it’s up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.”(John Updike, WD) – this is the opening to the first paper I wrote for this class. Sentence combinations is my second strength I use when I write. While reading my first writing assignment, in paragraph two I have the sentence: When someone chooses

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