Writing has never been one of my finer points. My previous papers have always been returned to me full of corrections. I have always had trouble writing a paper that was “grammatically correct”. The papers were full of punctuation mistakes and had no variety in sentence structure. I took this class to gain experience in writing. My only other experience before this class has been an essay in other English classes or a dreaded research paper. I thought of writing as throwing my thoughts on paper, although this is somewhat true I learned there is much more to writing. Since the beginning of this semester I have grown as a writer.
I enjoyed journal writing for many reasons. I have always been able to fill a page with words. I have never enjoyed including proper grammar and punctuation, and journal writing did not include these. I could write anything that would pop into my head whether it be a problem in life or something that had happened earlier that day. Journal writing was a good way to start me th
I did not enjoy writing the three smaller essays because I am not good at writing stories or narratives. The hardest part of writing my essay “The Anything but Boring Café”, was thinking of what to write about. I finally came up with writing about a situation with my cousin and grandma. After I came up with a topic this paper became a little easier. I was quite proud of this paper, after many revisions and edits. There were few grammar errors and it was well written. This paper was a confidence builder; after I received an A- on it I thought that even I could write a successful paper. Mrs. Collins vigorous teaching of grammar basics earlier in the semester was evident as my grammar and sentence structure improved.
As I sit here today I am a better writer than I was at the beginning of this semester. I have learned what writing is and more importantly what writing is not. Although this class was very difficult to me I learned many things that are important for my writing future. Instead of a paper being throwing words on paper
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