Personal Narrative: The Wonders Of True Writing

In a world full of tweets, Instagram stories and social media posts in general, it is very refreshing to go back to the basics of what true writing is. It has been nine years since I have had any formal writing assignment, so this course was a tremendous refresher and quite a challenge in some ways more than others. Looking back on my very first reading analysis ever, and my first paper as a college student, I realized that I did not know what I was doing. I was flying by the seat of my pants and I knew that wouldn’t get me far. I had to relearn all the basics that go into writing a competent and structured paper. Things such as; comma’s, tense shifts, fused sentences, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives to name a few. Even the proper format in which an essay is …show more content…
For one, my word choices were not as limited, I started using bigger more efficient wording and avoiding empty or vague wording. I could pick out sentence fragments, place some correct punctuation. These practices then started taking over my everyday life. My text messages and such had suddenly become more punctual. I didn’t feel so lost. The first essay I wrote, “The Wonders of Wine” was when I started to get the hang of editing a paper a lot better than before, something that I have always struggled with, but not have an easy and efficient way to complete the task. I also found that I enjoyed this type of writing the most and it flowed easily for me. This course has also taught me a lot of new things as well. It’s taught me that there are a lot of different writing techniques, tones of voice, and different types of papers you can write. Two of the most important things I have learned and will continue to use is the MLA styled format and my critical thinking skills. A few of the articles we were asked to analyze were difficult for me to understand and that made it hard to write