Writing A Five-Paragraph Analysis

This week beginning March 12, 2018, we were given an assignment in the class instructing us to write a five-paragraph essay on our relationship with writing. Conveniently, my love for writing stems from the various types of exposure I have had with it. At this time, I am excited to share a short personal history including external and internal influences that has assisted in cultivating the relationship I have with writing today.

As a child, I was fortunate to have a few different external entities that encouraged me to read and write. Respectively, my mother taught me the alphabet and encouraged me to become proficient in phonetics by the age of three and my father introduced me to a location that provided me with unlimited access to stories. My father would take me on trips to the library where he would read …show more content…
My early exposure to reading gave me the ability to dream in words. Reading allowed me to escape to different worlds where my dreams can become reality. Once I started reading it was not too long before I realized my sentence structure, grammar, and word use was getting better. In addition, my vocabulary increased, I became more literarily creative, and I began to articulate my thoughts and feeling more clearly on paper (KRASHEN, …show more content…
Preferably, I find comfort in writing without expectation or criticisms. I am familiar with the areas of my writing that need improvement, but my apprehensions stem from lack of time, discipline, and focus. It is undeniable that I enjoy writing as a free form of expression to keep secrets or share; it is leisure for me. When it comes to discipline and focus I find myself passionately articulating and editing my thoughts when I have an interest in what I am writing. Yet, when the subject matter is not captivating I do not put in nearly as much effort as I would if my heart was in it. Writing is like oxygen for