My Progress as a Writer
My writing has grown a lot over the year. I believe that my writing has developed a great deal since the very first essay to this final essay. I have learned a lot about different types of essays which I haven't in any other english class I have taken. These include memoirs, research papers, a persuasive essay, and a proposal. I have learned how to structure my papers better. Before I would either put too much or not enough in my paragraphs and now I know what information goes into each.
My attitudes and my writing approaches have also changed over this past year. Before I use to think that writing essays were complicated but they're actually easier once you break them down. I use to just start my essays without planning ahead and it would take me hours to do. Now I plan out what is going to be in each paragraph of my papers. I would also always wait till the last minute to write my essays which was bad because I wouldn't have enough time to revise my papers. The peer reviews were helpful but I would wait till the last minute to edit my paper and read their suggestions to make my paper better. In the end I have gained a better attitude towards writing and I just take it one step at a time.
There are different habits I have gained related to my writing style. In the beginning of the semester we did a writing exercise where we just wrote for five minutes without stopping. I try to do that when I am writing a paragraph for my paper. With this writing technique I am able to get my thoughts out without having to stop. I then go back and revise what I have written. This has helped me a lot in the last few papers.
My attitudes and my writing approaches have also changed over this past year. Before I use to think that writing essays were complicated but they're actually easier once you break them down. I use to just start my essays without planning ahead and it would take me hours to do. Now I plan out what is going to be in each paragraph of my papers. I would also always wait till the last minute to write my essays which was bad because I wouldn't have enough time to revise my papers. The peer reviews were helpful but I would wait till the last minute to edit my paper and read their suggestions to make my paper better. In the end I have gained a better attitude towards writing and I just take it one step at a time.
There are different habits I have gained related to my writing style. In the beginning of the semester we did a writing exercise where we just wrote for five minutes without stopping. I try to do that when I am writing a paragraph for my paper. With this writing technique I am able to get my thoughts out without having to stop. I then go back and revise what I have written. This has helped me a lot in the last few papers.