Reaching the finish line
It was a cold and snowy day. I sat in my English class listening to my English teacher go over our next writing assignment. The topic, literacy. As she was going over details many thoughts started to flood into my brain; “Literacy? What does that mean? What am I going to write about? I don 't know what I 'm doing!” Somehow while sitting in my cold, dry English class I began to drown in my own thoughts. Someone throw me a life vest! Just a small clue of what I am supposed to do. This of course happens every time I begin a new writing assignment, yet somehow I always figure it out.
When the day comes that I have to write another essay, I go through the same process as I did the paper before. When I think back to my previous …show more content…
As I open up the Microsoft word tab on my computer, I scroll past all of my past essays feeling so proud of all the writings I have accomplished. I love looking at all my hard work I have stored in my computerized library. Then the pride goes as quickly as it came when I click the “new document” tab and up comes a very white, very blank, piece of paper. A piece of paper that will soon turn into something great, once I trudge through the grueling process of writing my first draft. This means that I have officially entered phase one: the childhood phase. Like Anne Lamott (1994) says “The first draft is the child 's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.”(p. 528). At this point I can barely put words onto paper, let alone let them “romp” all over my paper. I find it best to draw one big circle in the middle of a piece of lined paper with the initial point of my essay inside, in this case literacy. Then off of that I draw lines out like I’m drawing the sun. On the end of each line I draw a circle, and in those circles I put down all of the different details I want to add in. I know that many people struggle when starting out a new piece of writing, but when I started to draw out my ideas first it was much easier for me to organize them on the computer. After I have …show more content…
It 's the best part of the whole process. My cream arm chair seems to be comfier this time, it welcomes me in to finish this paper like a true champion. In my mind I can see the finish line, I just have a few more hurdles to jump. The final draft is a quick process. I 've got my point, my idea, and path that I know I 'm taking. I quickly make a few changes and put a title on to seal the deal. I quickly “file” and “save as” before I notice any other changes I want to make. I close my computer screen with gusto and head to the kitchen to refuel, for I have just traveled a long
It was a cold and snowy day. I sat in my English class listening to my English teacher go over our next writing assignment. The topic, literacy. As she was going over details many thoughts started to flood into my brain; “Literacy? What does that mean? What am I going to write about? I don 't know what I 'm doing!” Somehow while sitting in my cold, dry English class I began to drown in my own thoughts. Someone throw me a life vest! Just a small clue of what I am supposed to do. This of course happens every time I begin a new writing assignment, yet somehow I always figure it out.
When the day comes that I have to write another essay, I go through the same process as I did the paper before. When I think back to my previous …show more content…
As I open up the Microsoft word tab on my computer, I scroll past all of my past essays feeling so proud of all the writings I have accomplished. I love looking at all my hard work I have stored in my computerized library. Then the pride goes as quickly as it came when I click the “new document” tab and up comes a very white, very blank, piece of paper. A piece of paper that will soon turn into something great, once I trudge through the grueling process of writing my first draft. This means that I have officially entered phase one: the childhood phase. Like Anne Lamott (1994) says “The first draft is the child 's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.”(p. 528). At this point I can barely put words onto paper, let alone let them “romp” all over my paper. I find it best to draw one big circle in the middle of a piece of lined paper with the initial point of my essay inside, in this case literacy. Then off of that I draw lines out like I’m drawing the sun. On the end of each line I draw a circle, and in those circles I put down all of the different details I want to add in. I know that many people struggle when starting out a new piece of writing, but when I started to draw out my ideas first it was much easier for me to organize them on the computer. After I have …show more content…
It 's the best part of the whole process. My cream arm chair seems to be comfier this time, it welcomes me in to finish this paper like a true champion. In my mind I can see the finish line, I just have a few more hurdles to jump. The final draft is a quick process. I 've got my point, my idea, and path that I know I 'm taking. I quickly make a few changes and put a title on to seal the deal. I quickly “file” and “save as” before I notice any other changes I want to make. I close my computer screen with gusto and head to the kitchen to refuel, for I have just traveled a long