Since I first learned to write, I have been a writer. It has always been an incredibly cathartic and therapeutic passion of mine. Writing became a part of my job when I had to learn to write search engine optimized web copy more than 15 years ago. And about 10 years ago, I started writing how-to articles to help fledgling developers who were trying to teach themselves the ins and outs of web design and development, like I had done. (I swear this is leading someplace. Hang in there.) Then, just six
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Zadie Smith, the daughter of Harvey Smith and Yvonne Bailey, was born on October 25, 1975. She was born in North London; she is of English and Jamaican descent. At an early age, she began writing poems and stories. Smith changed her first name from Sadie to Zadie at the age of fourteen; she wanted to draw attention to her individuality. Smith attended the University of Cambridge, where she studied English Literature. While in college, she met a man, Nick Laird, whom she later married. Smith began
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The hate side of my relationship with writing stems from school. This is because most of the writing assessments dont allow me to have creative freedom. 9 times out of 10 we have to write about something like why we love school (we don't) or sometime you had to do something specific that you can't remember ever doing. And then when you get to write something that has a plot instead of a 5 paragraph essay about why school shouldn't be start earlier, you have to write from a prompt that sounds like
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are looking for. Although the genre is important it is useless without the writing process. The MWA-1 assignments have helped me organize my ideas and put them on paper. Before I began the assignments I became overwhelmed because I had no idea how to control my ideas, but I learned to calm down and write my ideas on a piece of paper in order to analyze them. I later began on my draft and revised over and over again until, I felt that my ideas were explained
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where I currently am. I have improved my style of writing and the way that I edit my papers. I also noticed that my thesis statements have become more impactful, straight to the point, and easily convey the topic of my entire paper. In my WRT 101 class, my professor said he noticed that my thesis statements have gotten better and I have more supporting details for my argument. I received an A on my last two papers in his class and my overall grade has increased since then. This class is also really
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The Armory offers a Saturday morning enrichment program for students pre-k- 6th grade. These students show up bright and early to participate in an array of educational activities. Onc of the programs is called ‘Around the World in Stories”. This program encourages students to do just that. They begin by picking out a book that encaptures a place somewhere in the world, like the Eiffel Tower in Paris. After picking the book they spend the next hour, and subsequent saturdays, reading through it, painting
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When I was in eighth grade I had a huge project in my American History Class. In this project I had to write a ten page paper about the decade of my choice, come up with a question from the decade I chose, find people from the era to help me answer my question, and create a display. This was one of the hardest and most time consuming projects I had ever done. It didn’t help that I was in a lot of other tough classes and in a lot of extracurricular activities. I didn’t know how I would be able to
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At the beginning of course English Composition 1, I received grades that were below 90% on each of my writing assignments. However, toward the end of this semester, I turned that around and worked to get better grades. I looked over all the comments that I received on my writing assignments and then I tried to fix those mistakes. My hard work paid off and I began to earn grades in the 90s, and grades that were above 100%. Throughout this semester, I have improved my writing skills and applied those
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Theodore McKenzie decided that he needed a fresh start. Armed with his handy-dandy note-pad and that wonderfully smooth pen he’d found under his couch last week, Theo began to write all of the required components for said fresh start. “Fresh start,” he scribbled in his handwriting, an undeniably feminine and flawless cursive, at the top of the page. Now, with this necessity behind him, he could truly begin his list. His list, which would possible guide him through his fresh start — or
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I start here, the very first page of a journal my mom bought me for my birthday.The brown faux leather cover has a black outline of light bulb insinuating it’s meant for ideas. “It’s for you to write all your wonderful ideas and thoughts in.” My mom says with a grin. I stare at her, attempting to put a genuine smile on my face. I reluctantly open it, fearing any sort of unnecessary writing. As I sit blankly gazing at the pages, I realize the knowledge I have come to learn and understand over the
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