This weeks blog is a reflection on my growth as a writer midway through the semester. I also will be reflecting on my upcoming goals for the rest of the semester. You can see some of the processes I have developed by reading my Blog #7.
How did you feel about English Composition before the semester started? How do you feel now? All my life I have dreaded any writing assignment, whether it was at school or at work. I would do anything to avoid having to write a paper. I am realizing now that the reason for my fear was that I did not get the proper instruction in how to write. My only instruction was being told what I did wrong and I was not instructed on how to do it correctly. This approach left me very insecure in my writing skills and started a vicious cycle. Having the ability to write each week without the criticism has made me more confident in my processes and products. I am starting to not hate writing. In this class, how do we define composition? In this class we define composition as combining two or more communicative elements to make meaning. In this class, we write so we can make meaning. What have you learned thus far about yourself as a writer? I have learned that the first thing I need to do is get as much down on paper as possible without any filters. After that is done, I can go back and edit it to my liking. If I try to edit as I put it down, I freeze up and begin to doubt myself. The more I relax the more I write. As a writer in this class, do you feel as if you are improving? How so? I feel that my confidence has greatly improved, and this is allowing me to write more freely. Implementing what we learn in class to my blog posts is helping me to learn to be more descriptive and show more than just tell. The more I am practicing writing the easier it is. What are your three primary English Composition I goals for the rest of this semester? My first goal is to do some meaningful revisions to my life-choice memoir. My second goal would be to learn how to write effective research papers. I feel that this is a skill that I will need in my future classes. My third goal would be to stay open to learning and put in as much effort as possible. The more I can learn of the art of writing the easier it will become. As we reach the mid-point of the semester, I look back at how nervous I was to take this class. I came into the class absolutely terrified and doubting my writing and literary analysis skills. Now I am finding that each week the blogs are becoming easier and the life-choice memoir was not entirely miserable to write. I don’t think I am quite ready to say fun, but I can see that as a possibility for the future. That is something I would never have thought possible just a few months ago. I am hoping that my positive attitude will allow me to gain even more skills that will result in an even better grasp of the art of writing.
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