My Writing Strength

Through my experiences with writing essays in high school, I have noticed a few strengths and weaknesses with my writing. My main strength is the structure of my writing. I know what to say when I need to so I don’t tend to ramble on to tangents. Another strength I have is writing about topics that I love because I can just spill all my thoughts out onto paper and never have to worry about having enough sentences. On the other hand, I also have a couple weaknesses. I find it hard to start writing about topics that I know nothing about. I just sit and stare at the empty page or computer screen feeling so unaccomplished. Another weakness I have is that I sometimes can’t get my message out clear enough so when someone tries to read my work they might get confused in certain parts. My own experiences led me to believing my strengths and weaknesses as a writer. My eleventh grade English teacher, Mrs. Gosse, gave the class a research paper assignment. You …show more content…
Mrs. Gosse would always write a lot of comments while grading assignments. I remember getting a comment many times on how concise my writing was and that I say the right things at the right time. I never realized my writing was like this until she told me and it helped me feel more confident in my writing abilities. Negative feedback is also common to receive but it’s very helpful. Throughout secondary school, I have received many questions marks on my work. They’re not much of a comment but I know exactly what it means. They didn’t understand what I was trying to say. It’s difficult for me sometimes to explain exactly what I want to but I know if I keep trying I’ll eventually have a question mark free paper. The feedback from these teachers was very useful and clear to me. Without the comments I wouldn’t know what to improve on with my writing habits and I’m glad they pointed my mistakes