My Writing Experience
“The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing” (Ken MacLeod). I have been writing since I was in primary school which was simple, the teacher would write on the board and then I would copy and fill in the blanks where necessary, all the subjects and verbs would agree and all the punctuations were in place. As I moved on to high school writing was more difficult as I had to write and organize my own thoughts and ideas. I remember writing the same essay until it was correct. I would re-read and make the necessary corrections. I had to make sure it was easily followed by anyone. I remember one teacher in particular who spoke “perfect English” and she encouraged writing in the same which helped to build my vocabulary. She would give numerous essays to write at different levels and made little notations to follow when writing the next essay. This helped to build my writing skills. Up to date this is my inspiration to try to write as much as possible without flaws whether it be spelling or grammatical errors.
There are a couple of things that I do feel I lack the confidence and skill to perform, such as organizing and expressing my ideas and that is what I hope to gain from participating in this course. I expect to be a well- rounded and scholarly writer and speaker who will be able to write and speak at all levels of