The Influence Of Writing: Mrs. Wansley

It is essential to understand that classes taken in grade school do not give students a full understanding of each subject. With the topic of writing, there will always be a new lesson to learn, an aspect to improve, or a differing way to explain. Author Craig Vetter states in Bonehead Writing, “This is your enemy: a perfectly empty sheet of paper. Nothing will ever happen here except what you make happen.” Each story, essay, or response comes from a writer’s experiences. With each attempt at a new piece comes an underlying story of emotions the writer is facing. Each person’s writing is unique and the ideas people have are related to their past experiences and what they believe to be familiar with when deciding which writing style to use. As a high school student, I have learned many things about writing that helped me become the improved writer I am today, but the most essential advice I have received is practice makes perfect. Although there is no actual perfect way of writing, I have discovered that each essay I write, my writing improves. It is easier to spot mistakes, find areas to improve, and ponder elevated word choice to use.

Everyone on the planet has a goal set in life, but only a handful attempt to improve to obtain their goal by studying the subject their goal is in. In my English class, English 101 this quarter I was astonished by how much I had progressed as a writer sharpening my writing skills and also learned a lot about writing that I hadn’t learned before. In my writing portfolio for this quarter I had to write an autobiography essay, a research essay, and this reflection essay to develop my writing skills better. The writing assignments were fun to do because it challenged me to work on essays of different styles that were new to me. The essay assignments helped me grow as a better writer that gave me the self-confidence and skills to take on the world on my own.

I have always loved to tell stories. When I was six, I would gather all my stuffed animals and recite lavish stories to them. Tales of warrior princesses, ferocious dragons, and handsome knights would pour from my lips as I talked for hours on end. As I grew, I began to write my stories down on the backs of old coloring book pages. Though my penmanship, grammar, and spelling made the stories illegible, there was still something magnetic about manifesting the words onto the page. I wanted to turn the ideas in my head into something tangible. Throughout middle school, I filled dozens of notebooks. My mother was constantly running to the store to grab me yet another set of marble notebooks. Everything from plot outlines to poems were crammed into those lined pages. Though I eventually switched from paper to a keyboard and computer screen, my writing did not stop. As I transitioned into high school, writing became my solstice. I could pour every ounce of stress, happiness, sadness, and exhaustion into a blank word document. The highlight of my day came when I could just sit down and type until my fingers began to protest.

In Shannon Nichols’ “Proficiency”, she bout her dislikes writing due to her experiences. While I was growing up, I never knew I would not like writing. People remind me of how I had great handwriting and loved to write stories. In college, I continue to struggle in writing essays and it is a challenge for me. Although Shannon Nichols and I despise writing growing up, we both have grown to become successful writers.

Writing has always been one of those things that I have had to work at to get words on paper that is not the case anymore. For some reason just letting myself free write for a couple weeks has suddenly made it much easier for me to write, and write significantly

Writing is one of life 's most important skills and I have learned a vast amount about writing through my high school experience. I have learned that writing is not a strict, structured piece of work, but a free place to express facts and opinions. Personally, I have mixed feelings about writing; I enjoy the independence, but often have a hard time connecting all of my thoughts in a coherent way. Just as most high school students, my writing style and ability has grown and morphed throughout my years, and I still have much to learn.

I have never been an excellent student and perennially struggled with English, Math, and Science growing up. These subjects would cast a pall over my day and school work. Anxiety would well up inside of me which often resulted with me passed out across my desk sleeping through parts of class. When I would return home at day’s end, I rarely completed my homework. When I did try to complete homework, it often ended in tears of frustration or the hurling of a book across the room. Taking this class has helped to quell a portion of that anxiety and frustration. It was a grueling class, seemingly impossible at times, but taking this class has given me the confidence to know that not only can I finish the class if I work hard but can also excel! Writing is something that I will exercise throughout my college curriculum and my life. It will help to convey my ideas to the instructor, peers, bosses, and co-workers. In my college curriculum, it will also show my instructors that I’m learning the information provided and how to apply that knowledge appropriately. It will allow me to complete assignments, discussions, and reports, and I will also apply writing in basic communication when necessary.

Writing has never been easy for me. When it comes to writing, my level of confidence is low. Being bilingual has its ups and downs; it is a gift, but sometimes it is hard for me to articulate exactly what I mean in English. In the past, I wrote essays because they were a requirement, but I did not enjoy it. When I had to write my first university-level essay, I was very nervous because I thought my writing was not good enough. When I finished writing that paper, I felt a sense of accomplishment just from completing it. My perspective changed once I gained a little courage, and I felt ready to practice my writing and eventually grow as a writer.

I have always been pretty successful in school; however, writing has always been one of my greatest weaknesses. The overwhelming pressure of coming up with what to say and how to say it is extremely stressful for me, and I typically give up on perfecting whatever assignment I am working on. Up until high school, my writing had accomplished just enough to pass me on to the next course. My experience at Savannah Arts Academy, however, inspired me to approach writing in a completely new way.

Writing, in terms of school work (especially considering essays, prompts, and anything that somehow constricts freedom of thoughts or ideas in any way), does not come natural to me. Writing is hard, no matter what kind of writing it is, but writing papers is especially hard. Some people would choose, outside of forced schoolwork, to write essays and papers and prompts. I do not choose to do such, as many of them may not make much sense. For me, writing short stories or poems or longer short stories (novellas?) comes natural to me. They are free, not necessarily bound by constrictions from a school assignment. But, as prompted, this reflection comes into play with the writing skills used in an English class. I am hoping through this class to make my essay writing (and

Writing is enjoyable and words have to be inscribed to be read. I delight in writing my feelings and point of views down on paper. I have a tendency of having a difficult time writing my thoughts down on paper, but writing my opinions derives easier than communicating my thoughts by speaking. Individuals write to express state of mind, or to entertain, and to contribute information. I treasured writing for pleasure and to express my feelings. As a single individual I have mindful of thoughts and expressions I am longing to share with the world, it is just tougher for me to transfer every thought down. I recognize that I am by no means the best at grammar or spelling, but I rather write than speak. What I consider the utmost challenging topics to write is research. I know from experience, specifically in college courses, my research papers remained not the supreme, but somehow I got through the anguish with a passing status. I would say that writing stories from a prompt is my dominant writing. I enjoy creating stories rather they are nonfiction or fiction. Generating stories of my personal are more congenial writing than any other written material, and I can prolong my writing to all different themes. I have encountered various periods when my writing depended on something significant, for case in point, writing a paper for a final. Finals are a vast percentage of the final grade for a class. Also I have been required writing some references letters for my friends that turned out decent from what I diagnose. Significant writing generally devises from classes, usually in

As a writer my essays have varied in many different ways. My stronger essays, in my opinion, were the ones that had topics I could connect with. While writing about a topic I am passionate about or familiar with, writing comes easy to me. Writing seems natural when I can connect with the topic that it just flows right out of me, like I am telling a story. I love to write and I love to learn new things on how to improve my writing. Throughout my entire life I will need the skills to write correctly and I have learned many this year.

When it comes down to writing essay’s it can be quite simple but then again quite frustrating. Writing can be very stress relieving, because I am able to express my feelings and thoughts throughout my writing. It takes my mind off the things that I am going through in life such as school, family, friends, social media, and etc. It helps me focus better knowing that I will have someone else reading my thoughts and feelings once I’m done writing this essay. Writing is a passage way for me to go into my own world and write about what I feel, see, hear, smell and even taste.

Writing has never really been a passion I possess. I wouldn’t go as far to say I hate it, but, I wouldn’t want to say I love it either. For some, writing is a way to escape their own messed up worlds and creates a new, it’s exciting, adventures, and daring, but, to me, writing is such a tedious task that I as a person do not have the patience to withstand. I haven’t always disliked writing; I actually use to enjoy getting all my thoughts down on paper and coming out with my own little masterpiece my parents could hang on the fridge and boast about to their friends. The worst/best paper I ever had to write was in fifth grade; I had to describe my top three very best friends in five paragraphs or more, then let my elbow partner grade it on a scale from 1-6 ( six being the best.) I put my all into that paper; it was going to be my best paper yet.

Writing to me is one of the hardest subjects because I truly never know what to do. What I mean by this is that, I have trouble putting the thoughts in my head in to words on an essay that will satisfy to how I’m thinking. Which is a difficult feat because I can never be satisfied with it, because I overthink it. When I do get stuff down, I always doubt it sounds good, which where my wanting of confidence in my writing comes in.