Mexican novel and essayist Carlos Fuentes once stated “Writing is a struggle against si-lence” (Fuentes). While I have made much progress, writing is a struggle for me since I procras-tinate and welcome every distraction with open arms. Also since I feel more called to create vis-ual art, I will need to focus my energy on my art and design classes. As for putting words on pa-per, I would much rather proofread someone else’s writing than write something for myself.
While I love to dwell on many subjects and argue with those around me about a variety of topics, I have not done much formal writing since graduating in 1994 and have dreaded formal writing, especially the really long papers. It took me an extra two years to graduate from college because I was so agonized over my senior project and besides I should have been enrolled in art classes instead of stumbling through a rather unfocussed journey through an interdisciplinary studies program with little focus on art and design. I had trouble picking a topic, but eventually I …show more content…
I do not recall having writing process explained to me previously in the simple, straight-forward manner that I have received in my two English Composition courses this summer. That may just be it has been a long time since it was explained to me. I still think it can be quite a challenge to come up with a thesis statement that is both interesting and fitting for dealing a group of disparate pieces of literature. Also, NWACC’s librarian introduced us students to the large variety of private re-search databases accessible through our school’s library webpage and that such databases are often available through public libraries. In 1994, when I graduated with a bachelor’s degree, I did not know what the Internet was, let alone have access to such databases twenty-one years ago, so it should be easier. Also, writing with lots of breaks in between is pretty good
While I love to dwell on many subjects and argue with those around me about a variety of topics, I have not done much formal writing since graduating in 1994 and have dreaded formal writing, especially the really long papers. It took me an extra two years to graduate from college because I was so agonized over my senior project and besides I should have been enrolled in art classes instead of stumbling through a rather unfocussed journey through an interdisciplinary studies program with little focus on art and design. I had trouble picking a topic, but eventually I …show more content…
I do not recall having writing process explained to me previously in the simple, straight-forward manner that I have received in my two English Composition courses this summer. That may just be it has been a long time since it was explained to me. I still think it can be quite a challenge to come up with a thesis statement that is both interesting and fitting for dealing a group of disparate pieces of literature. Also, NWACC’s librarian introduced us students to the large variety of private re-search databases accessible through our school’s library webpage and that such databases are often available through public libraries. In 1994, when I graduated with a bachelor’s degree, I did not know what the Internet was, let alone have access to such databases twenty-one years ago, so it should be easier. Also, writing with lots of breaks in between is pretty good