Amazing! I can not recall the last time I wrote an essay the night it was due. When I first walked into the basic writing class, there was absolutely nothing about writing that excited me. However, the writing class has helped me develop an interest in writing. The professor provided step-by-step guided revisions. Even though the revisions can only be used if a rough draft is written, they remain simple and effective. I have become a better writer because I now recognize the importance of a shitty draft. In addition, I have found a solution for my weakness as a procrastinator and I have learned to maintain the reader’s interest throughout my written work. When I started this writing class, I was not fond of writing rough drafts. To me, the
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An adage I agreed with and an adage that changed my perspective. As Ernest Hemingway once said, “The first draft of anything is shit.” For the first time, I became aware of my writing weakness. I realized that in writing, there is always room for improvement, an error to be fixed or something to be changed. All that is accomplished by putting in the effort, so that the first draft can be taken to the next level. I also became fully aware that a rough draft is an entrance towards developing better and more constructive ideas. My greatest weakness prior and throughout the writing class has been procrastination. However, the step-by-step writing process provided by the professor has assisted me towards finishing all the assignments on time. As a procrastinator, I noticed that freewriting is a great strategy, whereby it allows ideas to come to the paper and in the end, a shitty draft is developed. With the first draft …show more content…
I have become a better writer by identifying my weakness of procrastination and using it to my advantage. I am now stress free on the night a writing assignment is due, and for once, I find writing fascinating. The guided revisions have played a major role in my improvement, especially with editing my first draft and turning it into a final piece. I have learned skills that I can use to maintain the reader’s interest throughout the essay. These skills I have developed can later be built on, because there is always room for
An adage I agreed with and an adage that changed my perspective. As Ernest Hemingway once said, “The first draft of anything is shit.” For the first time, I became aware of my writing weakness. I realized that in writing, there is always room for improvement, an error to be fixed or something to be changed. All that is accomplished by putting in the effort, so that the first draft can be taken to the next level. I also became fully aware that a rough draft is an entrance towards developing better and more constructive ideas. My greatest weakness prior and throughout the writing class has been procrastination. However, the step-by-step writing process provided by the professor has assisted me towards finishing all the assignments on time. As a procrastinator, I noticed that freewriting is a great strategy, whereby it allows ideas to come to the paper and in the end, a shitty draft is developed. With the first draft …show more content…
I have become a better writer by identifying my weakness of procrastination and using it to my advantage. I am now stress free on the night a writing assignment is due, and for once, I find writing fascinating. The guided revisions have played a major role in my improvement, especially with editing my first draft and turning it into a final piece. I have learned skills that I can use to maintain the reader’s interest throughout the essay. These skills I have developed can later be built on, because there is always room for