...don’t know until you actually get into the classroom. While some individuals take classes at resources centers with numerous other students, I was never one of those people. Therefore, when I started college I was rather nervous to see if I could meet the expectations of my teachers. In this class, through extensive research and hours of typing away at the keys, writing and rewriting, I have been able to meet those expectations and strive for success. There have been a few key things that have helped me to improve my writing as I have journeyed through English at Midlands Technical College....
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...For me, writing has always been something I do to get my crazy busy mind organized. Writing ultimately is my way of setting my personal game plan. I love to write out my daily and weekly schedule, meal plan, set goals, make lists of every kind, plan and record trips, and even write essays! Writing always helps me unwind and feel more relaxed because my brain doesn’t have to remember everything on its own. Often times I find myself wanting to include every single little detail about everything even when it is not necessary or wanted. I wrote a grant last year in my English class and found that you cannot include every detail in that type of writing or it will come off as unprofessional. I found myself constantly rewriting paragraph after paragraph...
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...Everyone has a skill, whether it is writing, music, or sports, and I’m no different. I have something inside, along with being caring and encouraging, I have gifts. I am pretty poetic, there is an alliteration, but moving on, I am really figurative with my writing, because I do it wholeheartedly. Another thing I am given is fearlessness. I played Five Nights at Freddy’s 1, for example, got jumpscared by Bonnie the bunny, no screaming. I was on a bus, on the train tracks to be precise, and if I know aught for being quiet on a bus, it is a definite on the train tracks, and I was as silent as an ant. Another time, was where I was at Bonnie’s --absolute coincidence on the name-- Halloween-based party, where there was a walkthrough of a corn maze...
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...I created my transcript while in my dorm room, which is where I do the majority of my work. I began the recording of my transcript around midday on Sunday, February 5th. In that time, I recorded 30 minutes of writing, since I wished to have access to the largest transcript available. The assignment I chose to focus on was the first journal entry for EDU 406, partially because I had yet to be assigned any writing assignments. However, I also selected my first journal entry because I believed analyzing how I function as a writer through a transcript focused on being a writer tutor would create interesting dialogue. In my transcript I hoped to discover new information about me and my writing process, perhaps some information would have previously escaped the view of my consciousness. While I was creating the transcript I found that this assignment held certain constraints not present in other writing projects. For example, the...
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...I have never been an awful writer. I have also never been an amazing writer. Over the course of this semester, I have watched my writing evolve a bit. Although I do not see a drastic change in my writing I do see some which is good. Throughout elementary school, I always felt like I was a bad writer. I thought that the most when we all took the writing TAKS test and I received a two out of four. This score convinced me that I would never be a good writer. From then until the sixth grade I believed that. In the sixth grade, I had a wonderful writing teacher who loved my work. She loved my work and thought I was an extraordinary writer. She gave me the confidence to write more and more. When seventh grade came my writing had gotten even better....
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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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...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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...Writing has always been an outlet me. I find comfort in writing to getting my feelings and emotions down on paper. Once I get into thought about a topic the words just flow and I maintain a good rhythm. I really enjoy writing, however, critiquing my own writing, as well as correcting can be a struggle for me at times, but I have come a long way from where I first started, when my first semester in college. As I began to look through my grades for my writing in human behavior and the social environment, I found they were pretty good grades. Out of the five assignments that I compared my average grade was an 86. which breaks down to two 90’s and two 83’s and one 84. I am satisfied with these grades and they seem fair. This semester was the first time I have used APA formatting. Using APA format has...
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...I really wish I could start this assignment by expressing nothing but my passions for writing, however writing has never been my strong suit, with that being said I honestly only write when it is assigned or absolutely necessary to be completely honest. I have to say that yes, writing, to me is very scary, Mostly, when I have to put anything I write out there for others to read. More so if I do not know the person or persons who will be reading. Therefore I always work best with a deadline to which I set myself up with a couple hours of uninterrupted time to complete an assigned task. The best place for me to do such is at a nice clear desk free of debris and anything distracting. I also have found I can only write in silence, music, television, others talking around me. If not I am gone away from the task at hand thinking of everything but. When I begin writing, personally, I have always been a fan of thought bubbles, or trees, something basic and simple that ties my early lessons in writing with my current writing. With just a quick spree of words...
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...My greatest talent physically would be my drawing skill set. I recall when I was younger, my dad had me write my name countless of times on this piece of paper. He wanted me to work on my handwriting and looking back, I needed the work. When I moved to California, I was someone who didn’t say no. In 7th grade, my classmates would ask me to draw their cover of this folder we had for a science class. I was shy and the new girl, if I said no I worried they wouldn’t like me and I would have the disadvantage of making friends. Fast forward into junior year of high school, I chose Drawing 1 as an elective. Many of my friends knew I could draw as it had become a natural thing for me. If you look at most of my notes during highschool, I would doodle...
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...I have mix feelings about writing. This only applies when I’m writing a paper for school. When I get a writing assignment, I would dread over hours at end in till I start my assignment, however while I’m writing, I feel relax and calm. The main reason I would dread about writing is because I’m not too well at writing. I could blame this to procrastinating and distraction, but writing is not my strong suit. Through high school, I would have some problem writing, this is mostly because I don’t have a good writing style. My old writing style would be either doing the paper all on one day or writing over time but doing little to no revising. With this writing style, I would get terrible grades on my paper, so to improve fix my writing, I would...
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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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...I have, in the past, been called a perfectionist. My experience with writing revolves mostly around me trying my hardest to write something I'm happy with and then pretty quickly deleting it when I decide it’s not good enough. For example, this is my fourth time trying to write an opening paragraph, my third time writing just this sentence, and I only settled on the words “opening paragraph” after writing both “first paragraph” and “the beginning of this paper.” It’s not that I have an issue finding the words, I just can’t seem to put them in an order i like. Which is why I stay on the other side of writing. I’ve been reading since a really young age. My first books were mostly science based due to my parents trying to raise me to be as...
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...Hello , today I will write about my writing experience. I usually write my teacher want me to write , focusing on one topic or expressing my own. I wrote papers as midterms , finals , homework etc. But I believe that my writing ability has grown thanks to these assignments. Aside from these types of writing , I focus on poetry. So far I wrote 11 poems and they are ready to roll … I use my poems as lyrics , I sing them into my productions. There are 3 tracks so far with my lyrics in it. My motivation for writing these poems comes from experience and pain that I have been or I am going through. It is easy for me to find my motivation and my lyrics that I already putted into my tracks is like suicide notes. Some telling me , what...
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... online encyclopedias, archived editions of periodicals such as The New York Times, and other resources. Also, I have improved my evaluation on websites such as checking whether its...
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