Essay On My Writing Experience

The earliest memory I can recall of writing was when I was four years old, attending Head Start. I learned the basics that year and in Kindergarten, such as: writing my name, colors, shapes and how to write sentences. From then on, I learned to write three paragraph essays; as the school years went by, I learned how to write longer essays and how there were different types of essays. Writing is a fundamental in life that we need to learn and enhance because it is a form of expressing ourselves and analyzing the writing world. It has shaped my writing throughout my early life experiences in K-12, now that I’m attending college, I am improving my writing skills by reading and recalling all of my writing experiences, and then incorporating it into my upcoming college years in order to succeed. My mom enrolled me in Head Start when I was four years old, whereas most …show more content…
Once I went through middle school and high school I had learned a whole new world about essays. I learned about the different types of essays, such as narrative, descriptive, persuasive and research papers. I became familiar with the different purposes of each one of them, as well as knowing when to use each type of essay form, all depending on the kind of audience I would address. In addition, we were taught how to gather details and research for evidence to incorporate into essays and how to brainstorm using outlines. With these writing skills I developed over the years, I noticed that my early years in writing were important because it helped me build the confidence I need to encourage myself to write. If I had not practiced writing at an early age, I would have had trouble writing my assignments and would have taken twice as long to complete. Furthermore, it helped me construct better organizational skills, which in return it helped me write more