Future Writing Skills Analysis

“No matter how much experience you have, there is always something new you can learn and room for improvement" -Roy T. Bennet. Writing, along with many other skills, is something that takes practice. Over time, writer's learn and develop new strengths and weaknesses that help develop them to become the best writer they can be. Through the course of this class I have developed a better understanding of my writing strengths, weaknesses and strategized ways to improve future writing's.
Over the past month, I have learned a variety of skills that I flourish in when it comes to writing. Foremost, I do well with spelling. In school I was selected to be in the spelling bee. I did not win; however, I made it more than half way through the contest. Secondly, a skill I do well with is typing. The high school I attended utilized computers on a daily basis; therefore, I built a strong typing foundation the years I attended. Furthermore, I also do well with organization and paragraph unity. As a writer, I like …show more content…
My biggest weaknesses lie in the realm of punctuation. The first culprit is the coma, I tend to either go overboard with comas, or never put them in; therefore, run-ons and coma splices pop up all over my papers. Along with comas, I also struggle with the usage of the apostrophe. I find I am either adding it to the wrong place in a word, or not adding it at all. Alongside punctuation, I struggle with word choices. I tend to use vague words such as it and thing; thus, leaving the reader thirsting for more description. I also like to add in words that aren't needed, such as, I believe, personally, I feel, I think etc. Secondly, I find myself using contractions like they are going out of business. Most of the time I do not realize I am using them until I proof read my paper. Lastly, I struggle with writing fluently. When I make a mistake, it becomes my only focus; therefore, I lose my train of