My experiences with writing have been somewhat limited until I signed up for English 101. I have to admit that English was not my favorite subject in school. I never felt like I was any good at writing, and spelling is still not my strong suit. I always felt like I was better at math. My attitude towards writing was my biggest hindrance to my success. I had no idea about the lasting effects that were going to happen from taking English 101.
As I look back on my past writing I can see where that attitude just might have started. I remember going to my eighth grade English class and receiving long lists of spelling words, exercise sheets about grammar, and boring book reports. The teacher would have us write each spelling word twenty times for homework. We had to define the word, and use it properly in a sentence. Our teacher told us it was going to prepare us for the spelling test. In class we would work on sentence structure, and how to write …show more content…
I was getting more comfortable in my writing process, and was receiving positive feedback from my professor about my writing. The feeling of being trapped underwater, holding my breath, trying to break the ice above me to get free was finally gone. Like the ice had just melted away, and now I was swimming for the enjoyment. Class was beginning to become more pleasurable. I was actually looking forward to finding out what we were going to be doing next. With each new assignment I started to learn more about writing, and about my writing style. I began to embrace the process that I go through when I write. My attitude towards writing was changing quickly. Murray points out “Every writer goes to the writing desk with a set of assumptions that may make the writing difficult or easy” (86). It’s amazing how much your attitude towards something can effect it, and how the slightest change in that attitude can make a task that was once difficult into something you look forward to
As I look back on my past writing I can see where that attitude just might have started. I remember going to my eighth grade English class and receiving long lists of spelling words, exercise sheets about grammar, and boring book reports. The teacher would have us write each spelling word twenty times for homework. We had to define the word, and use it properly in a sentence. Our teacher told us it was going to prepare us for the spelling test. In class we would work on sentence structure, and how to write …show more content…
I was getting more comfortable in my writing process, and was receiving positive feedback from my professor about my writing. The feeling of being trapped underwater, holding my breath, trying to break the ice above me to get free was finally gone. Like the ice had just melted away, and now I was swimming for the enjoyment. Class was beginning to become more pleasurable. I was actually looking forward to finding out what we were going to be doing next. With each new assignment I started to learn more about writing, and about my writing style. I began to embrace the process that I go through when I write. My attitude towards writing was changing quickly. Murray points out “Every writer goes to the writing desk with a set of assumptions that may make the writing difficult or easy” (86). It’s amazing how much your attitude towards something can effect it, and how the slightest change in that attitude can make a task that was once difficult into something you look forward to