Reflection On Improving My Writing Skills

Personally, I intent on improving my writing skills to help ease the process of graduate school. My intention is to reach a level of writing where I can communicate my ideas more clearly. I know that writing (for example, a thesis paper) is a process, and that it involves more than one person (in the case of the thesis paper, a three-person thesis committee). This fact is apparent in books where authors acknowledge individuals who have contributed to their work. Often the author expresses her or his gratitude to the people who took the time to read or comment on his or her written ideas. This is the same process that I have encountered time and time again throughout my education. I turn in writing work and receive feedback from professors, which in turn allows me to make changes that help me get closer to a more finish product. At this point in my education I feel that I can express my ideas on paper well. Nevertheless, I know that there is always room for improvement, and that this improvement is gradual. There are times when I read some of my past writing work to see how I used to expressed my ideas. …show more content…
Typing is a skill that I have taking for granted over the course of my educational career. I was provided with some training in high school, but have distance myself from this training and in the process adopted my own typing habits (what some people call “pecking” the key board). I would like to begin taking a conscious approach to typing. I see the many benefits of typing well, that is, when all my fingers are in their right place working together. For instance, it allows me to focus on the ideas that I am attempting to communicate rather than on whether I am about to press the right key or not. Further, knowing how to use a keyboard properly can perhaps cut some time from writing. The muscle memory for typing properly is still there, I just need to make a conscious effort to retrain