My Reflection On My Writing

You know when you are watching a movie and the main character is strapped to a bomb; you know they won’t die but you can’t help but feel your palms sweat. Well, that has been my experience with writing so far. Hilarious or odd way of describing my relationship with writing I know. Although, I have always received good grades and positive comments on my writing I can’t help but feel like the bomb is going to go off. I am feeling it right now… As I wipe my palms. Proofreading my own writing is my Achilles heel. Hoping that this class will help me get past those feeling of being the character of the movie and being strapped to that bomb. Tick, tick, tick… No boom please! In high school I would write all the English assignments for my friend Ubaldo (now my brother-in-law) and he would do all my drawing assignments. I know it was wrong of us to do that but we were kids. When I would do his assignments they came easy to me and he would receive excellent grades. I even wrote his college acceptance essay. Now, …show more content…
The ELearning material section 1.20 Writing is a Process. Prewriting, Drafting, Rewriting, Proofreading and Publishing. Those steps are not new but it gives you tips on how the step can help you. Proofreading is my greatest challenges when it comes to writing. Of course, I can catch the obvious misspellings and run on sentence but other than that I’m dead meat. I have had people read my writing and they point out things like you can’t write like you talk. Umm ok, I am the one that is writing the paper how is it not supposed to sound like me? Or my favorite “your sentences should stand on their own”. I’m looking forward to understanding what those pointers are. If I don’t figure it out the bomb will go off. BOMB! On the other hand prewriting, drafting and rewriting are the easiest for me. Putting my ideas to paper is not a hard task. Yes, after that first sentence. Before that first sentence I am a