In my time of both writing and speaking, I've had my ups and downs in the English language. As a writer it is a great way for me to express myself and show emotion on the paper. Writing at times is easy for me, being able to just freehand and talk what I am thinking on paper is simple. Although, it is much more complicated in the writing world we live in. I know I need to improve on my ability to organize thoughts into a controlled pattern. In just, I need to follow the rules of writing more. In example my overall grammar and organizational skills in essays are not where I would like them to be. I have strength in detailing my stories, keeping my reader interested. Though realizing there is also a certain science to writing which I need to get down pact. Learning how to explain myself with proper writing techniques is essential to my writing success. I know there is a lot I still need to learn about English and hope to learn the most I can over this course semester. Books in general help me escape the everyday life and become involved in whatever world the book I am reading is in. For me setting is an important part of understanding where the writer is coming from. One book I love is Hatchet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatchet_(novel) . Although I haven’t read it in a while, the book has great detail in the setting of the wild and how the young boy reacts to the new situations. While stuck in a forest alone with dangerous obstacles ahead of him, the boy fights to survive. Also, The alchemist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(novel) is an interesting book in motivating the reader on making good life decisions and following your dreams. The writer takes you on a journey with a Sheppard boy who is in search of his own personal legend.
Tom:
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll find that, by the end of this class, organizing your thoughts into coherent structures will be a task you can achieve with your eyes closed!
Like any sport, writing is all about practice and discipline. You only get better the more you do it. You must work out those specific muscles in your brain which are required for specific types of assignments (you'll notice that these muscles are different depending on the type of writing you are doing, whether it is narrative, journalistic, or academic). And you will also see that while at one time you might make huge strides in improvement, other times you hit writing plateaus in which your writing doesn't change much for a while or the change and improvement seems miniscule. Honestly, writing isn't much different from boxing or swimming or wrestling at all.
Thanks!
-Denise