Personal Narrative: My Journey To Become A Successful Writer

In order, to become a proficient writer, a number of obstacles and lessons have to be learned. Many people are never formally taught how to write, format and outline a paper. Therefore, their writings often are choppy, lack a voice and meaning. It is not a simple task to write a paper, let alone incorporating aspects of academic, informative, persuasive and scientific writings. However, over the course of this semester, my writings have become more personal, more thought out and carry a clearer message. Prior to College Composition I, I was under the impression that many of my writings were proficient and as we begin to conclude this semester, I have noticed that assumption was incorrect. The reason why I have made such great strides in my …show more content…
A writer must be willing to explore, discover, conceptualize, develop and re-develop their work to fully express the idea they are trying to convey. The objective of these is to make the writer understand that writings are composed through a variety of non-linear activities that embody the idea of progressively adding changes for students to make their writing their own. In my opinion, this was one of the most important lessons that I learned this semester. In the past, when I would write papers I would procrastinate until the night before the due date of the assignment and produce sub-par rough drafts that I would then turn-in and call my final drafts. Although, I have to put a little extra work into the assignments; doing some pre-planning, and outlining. I feel that the paper becomes more thought out and easier to …show more content…
When I analyze the text in my paper, I look for rhetorically aspects and look to make the text portray the message I want. From College Composition and past English classes, I have progressively learned that writing is a social communicative act that involves the creation of a purposeful message for a perceived audience. Depending on a number of varying situations, an audience may have different expectations for the writer. Meaning, that not all papers are written for the same audience. Many elements of writing are essential in writing an academically savvy paper. Notably, on element is understanding the role of information literacy. When I write my ideas and interpretations, I try to provide both evidence and illustrations for reader to further conceptualize the ideas that I have made. As I continue to incorporate these two strategies into my writing, I will be able to further back my point of view, show the reader that I grasp the concept and provide a basis of where my ideas are coming