Reflection On My Writing

Initially my writing lacked structure and a controlling purpose which caused my ideas to be incoherent and hard for the reader to understand. These difficulties could be attributed to the fact that I am an art student plagued with the disorganization and non-verbal method of an artist’s brain. Being this way, interpreting and conveying my thoughts accurately and eloquently into the assigned writings was fairly tough. However, during the course of English 101 I was able to identify my weaknesses through the aid of writing communities such as peer review sessions and conferences with my professor. With the help from these resources and the writing process I learned to better organize my essays and maintain a controlling purpose in order to help my audience

In elementary school, I learned to write sentences. As time went on I learned to put those sentences in a paragraph which was three to five sentences. When I finally entered high school I learned to put those paragraph together which made the essay. When I was in English composition one writing had so much more than just having five paragraph. The writing was a way of expressing your creativity, idea, values, and emotion. It is not focusing on making five paragraph you could do what made you happy as a writer. There are countless abilities that writing has. The most powerful thing writing can do is change the opinion of thousands. But what is exactly English 1100? It is about improving your writing, reading and thinking skills or improve them. There are seven learning outcomes students that can get from this class, for example, communicate effectively, demonstrate rhetorical knowledge, engage in critical thinking, writing and reading, develop effective composing processes, collaborate during the writing process in a social setting, use appropriate convention for format, documentation, and editing, Adapt composing process to electronic environment. By end of this course, all student should able to demonstrate those learning goals as stated in the packet.

Before I entered this class my writing abilities were average, but I knew that with further learning and practice I could develop the skills to become a better writer. During the GSW 1110 class I have learned various new skills through four essays. Some of the new skills that I gained throughout this class are: how to locate both textual and visual sources, write effectively to audiences with opposing viewpoints, write to a variety of academic audiences, practice the process for drafting texts, demonstrate the control over grammar and mechanics, and critical thinking. The skill set that I have obtained in GSW 1110 clearly represents how I have grown as a writer and am prepared me for future classes and a future career.

Part 1: My writing process itself is pretty simple. I do not follow the normal writing process. I start off by stringing random thoughts together. I then write a draft of my thoughts, and my draft usually ends up to be the size of my essay. Next, I do not revise too much, I just make sure that I stay on topic, and that everything makes sense. Finally, I edit and proofread my essay making sure that I did not miss anything in previous steps. I did not face many issues while writing, but there were a few. My first issue was using transitional words. I feel as if I am always searching for transition words. Another difficult part to writing my essay was vocabulary. Sometimes, I feel myself not using enough intricate words. Also, I have a problem with grammar. I do not always catch grammar mistakes while I am writing. I often have to read my passage three or more times just to get my grammar mostly correct. Although I try my hardest to get better, these are some of my downfalls. Now, I can reflect on the easiest part of my essay. The easiest part for me is finding something to write about. I try to pick topics that I know a lot about, and I try to pick topics that

My writing technique has gradually developed throughout the course. Alongside learning about the significance of the PACT structure of effective writing, I have also developed critical writing approaches, techniques, and assessments which have made broadened my insightful capacity and methodological analysis. Before I knew how to write essays I had a lot of incorrect grammar, poor spelling and improper punctuation that may break down the relationship between the writer and the reader of an essay. However, this has changed throughout the

Many students of all ages have issues with writing, the only way to get good at writing is to have experiance. I never paid much attention to my writing skills in high school, I just did not care about writing. This year as a freshman in college I have been struggling with writing this semester in GSW 1100. Even though I have not been doing well, I understand that writing in college is extremely important to learn and develop. This is important because most courses in college have writing in them. As the semester has progressed, I have slowly started to understand where I am with writing and where I need to improve. Revising my essays is a great way to learn from my mistakes. Although my writing is not great yet I am slowly getting there with this class. I believe I have improved my writing a great deal in several areas over the course of this semester and I feel that my portfolio shows this. I have learned to develop my thesis and make it clear, to recognise sentence boundaries errors, and to see and fix the many grammar errors in my writing.

As I have not paid attention to media lately, I am going to focus on my writing process.

Gaining the proper flow of words is what I have progressively worked on and improved throughout Comp One. I had to quickly adapt to the college writing process which at first seemed to be a challenging predicament. Soon, I realized how choppy and unproportional my writing was and have molded my skills to a more tolerable standpoint. I have chosen Three previously written papers with which I will reflect my ability to transition from sentence to sentence. The ability to write a completely smooth paper has unfortunately not been one of my various talents. Hopefully, after a whole semester of college english, I have improved.

I believe it is important for any student who wants to do their best in a class to take a moment to evaluate their own work to determine the rate their writing is progressing and how they can continue to advance their writing. When I looked through my own work I asked myself “what have I learned this semester?” and “what do I still need to learn in order to improve my writing?”. Answering both these questions will help me with my last step of my self-evaluation, developing a plan to learn new skills.

As a writer there are many elements of writing that I struggle with, especially when composing an essay. When writing an essay, there are usually many skills that need to be used in order to be successful with the writing assignment. Many times in writing I struggle with explaining and fully developing the supporting details and ideas in my essay. I would also like to improve on incorporating clear topic sentences and concluding sentences, connecting my paragraphs ideas back to my thesis. Lastly, improvement can be made in my writing by avoiding awkward or wordy sentences. Writers face numerous challenges in their writing but strive to overcome or improve these challenges with each piece they write.

While I was starting the process of writing the connection narrative I felt that my writing was going in the right direction. When I finished my rough draft, I knew more work was required in order for me to get a high grade which I would eventually work on. Going into the peer review I felt nervous because I received low scores on my previous papers by my peers. When I got back both of my reviewed papers I was surprised, to say the least. I thought I understood the purpose of the prompt better. I lacked details on how the issue connected to me which discouraged me to keep writing. I felt embarrassed that my peers had reviewed my work. It was hard to accept that I don’t always have strong writing. I do appreciate the feedback they gave me which allowed me to rewrite everything in a way that would address the prompt and would be better understood.

As I reflect on my growth as a writer in knowledge and artistry this semester, I cannot help but notice how writing has become a way to show my beliefs and express my personal life in a way that is casual and inviting to people with different beliefs and perspectives. Essentially, all writing reflects universal human experience, and I have grown to showcase that experience in my writing, not for the sake of relatability, but to give an underlying reason as to why I am writing and reflecting on certain topics. I have also become comfortable with writing fiction and nonfiction by growing in the knowledge of how to write those genres, which I believe is a great foundation for the writing I hope to do one day, particularly in the short story, monologue, and memoir. These assignments helped me formulate other perspectives through fictional characters and with regard to events that I either created or do not remember well.

In this essay, three previously completed writing projects will be analyzed, dissected, and reflected upon. The documents and the overarching reflection will depict how I have grown and improved as a writer throughout my Middle School career, and how I can improve in the future.

to be an exceptional writer; however, during the course of my writing 120 class I faced a myriad of difficulties in efforts to complete my writing assignments. Assignments such as: a memoir, rhetorical analysis, and blog were relatively new writing concepts I have not yet explored, and with the completion of each, I must say I have grown as a writer. College courses such as writing 120 are futile to the success of students who wish to grow professionally as writers in whichever field of business he or she may choose to pursue. To conclude my writing 120 course, I will begin to reflect on the tasks I have completed in efforts to become an effective writer.

Room 307. What a number to remember, the first time entering that classroom was frightening mainly because I’ve heard rumors about that class such as all we do is write essays and we have homework every day. Mainly, I was frustrated because I strongly hated writing and homework. To add on when I first wrote my friendly letter essay I was confused because I didn’t know myself so it was difficult to talk about myself which resulted in a somewhat low grade and a low self-esteem. After that point, we began to learn about the rules of writing and the how to use it correctly and that helped me understand the basics of writing and how to use it correctly. In addition, I didn't realize I had multiple issues with my writing such as comma splices, run-ons, and what she calls it grrr these three issues killed my writing. After struggling multiple times attempting to fix my issues, the two essays that changed the way how I wrote were my “Conformity Vs Individuality” and my “Bystander Editorial” essays. How you ask, thanks for asking it changed how I think and wrote mainly because I got A- and that was an accomplishment at least for me and ever since that A- I used it as a template to get good grades on essays and that truly helped me self-improve and fix my errors. To conclude, I was the worst at writing now I'm better so I want you to take this into consideration Errors + Learning= Success just take it from me.