Reflective Essay About My Writing Skills

When this formal assignment was handed out I was truly worried. I had no idea what to write about. Thinking on the surface I thought that there was no precise purpose for writing, at least for me individually. To be blunt, writing is far from my favorite activity. However, as I sat down for a period of time and pondered deeply about the topic I realized just how important and vital writing can be in everyone’s lives, especially mine. At a glance, I believed that if my writing skills were above average that I would be able to find a decent job. Assuming that this basic skills would be all I need to succeed. After further evaluation, it struck me that in my intended occupation (engineering) it was absolutely critical to be an efficient writer. Overall, writing is a major necessity in my life and for my future. In my opinion, communication is the main underlining purpose for writing. Some may say, why do we write when we can just talk? To …show more content…
These topics seem to be a reoccurring theme in class. I believe that is a necessity to have both knowledge and creativity. Knowledge is a good base, incorporating creativity brings about a new dimension for ideas. The last two years of high school, I was assigned to polar opposite papers. One for creativity, writing an epic poem. The other was knowledge based, a research paper. Throughout my life, it appeared to me that I was a fan of writing open form, creative papers. However after writing both of these assignments, it surprised me that I actually preferred the close form, knowledge oriented paper. Although one of them is more appealing to me, I think it is important to incorporate both creativity and knowledge into life. Writing can be the best way to build both creativity and knowledge. These two writing assignments demonstrated to me how writing can increase my knowledge along with my creativity. The presence of knowledge does not kill