My Reflection Of My Writing As A Writer

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On a regular basis, I practice journaling as a way of sustained writing. Even though this type of writing is more

freestyle than structured, I always remember to include proper grammar and punctuation. Even with my lack of knowledge

and skill in writing, the journaling approach is best for me since I am a beginner writer. While journaling majority of it is free

speech used in ways to note my perspective on current situations and writing it helps to better analyze my ideal reaction to

these things. As I write in my journal, there is a sense of critical thinking on or about the ideas that I have and as a result

solutions are made. The journaling process is not typically a reviewed or drafted version for public opinion, but instead
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If the structure being asked is specific and I am unaware, then I 'll research information on the

writing, if possible, and use self-taught lessons to compose the specific content of that writing.

The reason for being anxious or worried when writing at least an essay is because of my unfamiliarity of correct

writing structures and components to complete error free writing. Another reason for being worried when writing more than a

couple sentences is due to the lack of knowledge/skill in the specific of writing. Since most of my composing is free speech

and not written for a grade or review, I have not yet been given critiquing to study on my current writing habits. As a

beginner college student enrolled in an English course, I plan to better this outcome by continuing my studies with English

until knowledgable at the max capacity. The reason I am most concerned about writing at least an essay length is majorly due

to the lack of knowledge on how to write at a college level.

Some of my strengths as a writer are the ability to creatively write about thoughts, ideas, or expressions. With
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Another strength in writing that I posses would be the ability to detect basic levels of grammatical errors, as well

as punctuation. During my years in grade school, these were habits that I seemed to always excel higher in than others.

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