Reflection On My Writing Course

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When I started this course, I abhorred writing. It was boring, tedious, and grammar was the bane of my existence. I didn’t have a strong background in writing and when I did write, I dithered and dallied for weeks. Thankfully, this course has changed my outlook on writing. After I started getting a better grasp on what writing actually is, I realized that writing can be quite interesting when you know what you’re doing. Even though I still procrastinate, I can understand why I’m writing, and I will write for entertainment sometimes.
I used to think that professional authors just sat down and wrote pages and pages of perfect writing. Now that I have written decent work and I understand how hard it is to write a good first draft, my perspective

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