...What is Your Writing Process Like? As a writer I love making stories and there are many steps to go through before the story becomes a fluent piece of literature. My writing process isn’t very complicated, when I write I let out all my ideas. I let my creative side come out and write out everything that crosses my mind, it doesn’t matter if it comes together right away I just let my creative side take control. My mind goes through many steps when I write I have to think of what kind of story I want to write and what the story will mean to me, then I have to brainstorm and type out some main parts for my story, lastly I organize everything to make an actual story. In story writing I have to find something to write about and to write your story...
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...My Experience in the Writing Process This semester I was surprised by how much I actually learned and developed my writing skills. I was given the opportunity to learn the many steps that it is required to become a good writer. Writing requires a lot of work. It consists of various steps; prewriting, drafting, rewriting, proofreading and publishing. . All of these components are extremely important, and necessary, and will need to be follow to improve student’s writing. I feel my writing has improved due to the help of the writing process and all the writing assignments I experienced. I was able utilized each of these components this semester. I wrote various journals and two essays, which were very challenging to me. The first essay I was asked to write, was a Narrative essay about an experience in which later I questioned my actions. At first, I was very nervous due to I have never written an essay before. I did not even know where to begin. I struggled during the whole process of writing the essay. My biggest problem of all was putting my thoughts in order so I could make sense of what I wanted to say. I brainstorm for days trying to figure out a topic. With the help of the eLearning text information on module 2, how to choose a topic and develop a working thesis I was able to come up with a topic. I finally came up with, Moving away from Friends and Family. Thanks to Module 3, Introduction to Narrative Essay, and the examples that were provided, I was able to...
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...My writing process often begins with good intentions. As soon as I receive an assignment, I begin planning my essay and gathering my ideas. However, I often have trouble actually getting work done until I feel motivated by my time constraints. This is a weak point that could potentially cause my work to suffer. Once enough time has passed that I am under some pressure to start putting pen to paper, I gather my laptop, a pencil, and some paper. I prefer making notes about the topic of my assignment on a piece of paper before actually writing any drafts. I make short, simple notes, so it does not usually take very much time. After I have researched my points, I make a basic outline for my essay. This helps me keep my paper organized and make...
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...If I am writing a paper, work e-mail, or discussion post for an online course I tend to use the same writing process. I would say it is a mix of both Anne Lamott’s described process in “Shitty First Drafts” and the 3x3 writing process in Guffey. My writing is usually done in 3 stages but sometimes only 2, when the prewriting and drafting stage blend together or if I am preparing something like and e-mail that does not need as much prewriting as a paper or discussion post might need. The first thing I do when preparing to write it get out a piece of paper and take notes. I scribble down the questions that needed answered or my thoughts on the topic of the e-mail I am preparing. Once I have those thoughts on paper I try and began to organize...
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...Thinking about my individual writing process has caused me to forget how I begin a paper. It’s strange to think about the concept of what writing is before you actually write something. After reading over the assigned pages to give me the help I need to discover what my individual writing process is I “skimmed” over freewriting. I tend to just start writing and let my thoughts flow and I feel like it’s what best suits my writing style. So here we go. My individual writing process includes freewriting, lists, and looping. I like to use freewriting because I enjoy continually writing and letting my ideas flow out. Sometimes when I get stuck, it helps me to have a list of the things that I want to include in my writing so I can elaborate and expand on them. After I get to a certain point, I use the process of looping. Looping can be considered a side effect of freewriting. I loop by rereading what I have written and decide if I like the order and the theme of my...
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...Starting my writing process can be hard, through this semester of taking composition 1 I have learned that there it is always better taking your time reading your papers to revise them better, also I have learned to just get what I am trying to write on to the paper even though I may not make sense at first. There are many different ways for me at becoming better at revising my papers. One of the ways that I learned was though the this course, is by looking at each sentience indevisionully. This will help make sure that the sentience I am writing goes good with the paragraph and make sense for when people read it. One thing that I also have to work on when writing my papers is that, is being able to find my grammar mistakes. When I find...
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...Importance of my writing process Most people just sit down and force themselves to write. But have you ever thought about the time before you write is called? A remarkably simple term is called the writing process. What is beautiful about this time is that it can be different for everyone, depending on the time of your life you are in, and the reason for writing. Before learning and acknowledging my own process, I never knew how important this time is and how it can strengthen your future writing. I would personally describe my writing process as a jumbled stack of papers that would be perfect if it just happened to have a paper clip. I learned many things from the reading,...
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...My Writing Process in Contrast Writing is a skill required for many aspects of life and being able to write well can set you up for success. Although my writing process is not always the most efficient, as I further my education my abilities strengthen and my writing becomes more proficient. One of the first things I do when I begin a written assignment is put myself in my ideal situation for focus. Weirdly enough for me that setting is most commonly a coffee shop or occasionally a public library. Being in the comfort of my home is too relaxing for me to manage getting any work done. I never write at a lightning fast pace, actually, I might write a little more slowly then I should. When I am writing I typically do not have a long stream...
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...anxiety. With this in mind, I developed my writing method that alters the direction of distress, uncovers the exact issues that inhibit my writing, and allows me to flourish my creativity. There is an abundance of conventional writing methods that consist of proper sentence structure, a vast vocabulary, and immense imagination, nonetheless, my writing process embodies a more holistic approach. By diverging...
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...Writing is something that many people have issues in life and I was one of them in high school and threw out college life. I had a lot of trouble with writing an essay in proper way in past until, I found an easier way to go by step by step. It's really important that you build your ideas when you writing a essay with brainstorm first get ideas and anything that you think will be good for prompt. Second step Pre-write is a first rough draft before you start you final draft and one the important things revise the paper and make sure everything is correct. I had to work on before I become really good writer in life. After I learn all skills about writing since than I really enjoy writing as long as it's not such as research paper or an essay...
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...YOU my fine samaritan, to rescue the world of essays and entertain the masses by turning boring subjects such as, “The pros and cons of using double-ply toilet paper,” into extraordinary tales of epic proportion! Then maybe you can throw in some of those boring facts here and there. Regardless of what toiletries you indulge in, the best thing you can do is keep your audience entertained, which is what I aim for. For starters, you may have noticed my writing process normally begins with figuring out what would make a topic interesting. It is far too often in which I see people giving speeches about mundane topics they don’t actually care about and it results in the same audible pleasure of listening to a broken tv. It just comes out as mindless static as they read word for word in the world's most monotone voice. Everyone else has to sit through the same hundred speeches that you do, so why not make yours something that people will remember? Give it your own personal twist and be proud of what you’ve done....
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...I was uncertain if I was going to be successful, but with the help of peer responses and an understanding teacher, for the first time in highschool, I am confident in my writing. The writing process is the biggest thing that helped me in Composition class. There was only one essay where I did not use the writing process and because of that, I didn’t write to my fullest potential. After that learning experience, I started each paper with an outline. My outline consisted of splitting my information into paragraphs and from there figuring out the best way to put my ideas into words. Once I had a finished outline, I checked with Mrs. Gelwicks to ensure my essay would succeed. After I received the go ahead, I began to write my body paragraphs first before even thinking about my introduction. The...
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...My writing still needs to improve in word choice and transitioning, as I tend to use the same words repetitively, and struggle with making my writing flow smoothly. To make improvements, I will read other writing pieces to see how the authors built their sentences. This will help because most writers know more about balancing out their pieces. I believe that as you learn as a reader, your writing becomes smoother and easier to understand. I will also go through my writing more often to catch any words that I’ve used multiple times already. I don’t think I’ve developed independence as a writer, because I still struggle trying to write on my own. A lot of my writing is usually done when I’m supposed to for school, rather than when I want to. This causes my writing to seem bland and forced. I think to achieve that independence, practicing more and trying to just write down random thoughts will help. I usually don’t write because I can’t think of what to write about. Writing also seems to be hard for me because I don’t usually finish my writings (if I start a story, I’ll get bored of it and leave it unfinished). In my opinion, writing can be fun when you’re writing about something you’re passionate about and interested in. Other ways I could try to achieve independence as a writer is to set small goals for myself, so the writing process will be...
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...When my writing, I aim to use formal words instead of slang; however when looking at writers diet review I can see that I can over use certain words such as verbs and adjectives. When writing academically, I always refrain from using the word you or any other personal reference. Writing in the third person, instead identifying to the reader the person or thing you are referring to (Grellier & Goerke, 2010). In my writing, a strength I find easy to avoid is abbreviation and contractions such as using the word example instead of eg (Grellier & Goerke, 2010) or cannot instead of can’t. Using informative adjectives such as effectively and fundamentally contributes to strengthening my formal writing. In my previous study periods, I have received feedback that my writing needs to be more formal. After revising using the communication skills toolkit (Grellier...
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...beginning of the year to now, the end of the year, my writing process and skills have dramatically changed. My writing process coming into junior year was not vigorous; I would not begin the pre-write and just go straight into the writing process. Regrettably, I would procrastinate till the last night to actually begin my writing, therefore, I would rush my writing process. In addition, my evidence and commentary was poor. With this being the process for me as a writer, of course, my worse essay was the first writing assignment, the non-fiction essay. This piece of writing was a mess and I am pretty positive I did not even read over it after I was done. Luckily, I changed my habits over the course of the year and began organizing my time and writing better....
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