Writing Skills Essay

Writing? What is writing? Writing is more than just the stroke of your pencil. It is a way of communication, expression, and creating a whole new world entirely at your fingertips. In this essay I will introduce why I need to improve my writing skills, why others think I should not, and how writing will benefit me in my life, career, hobbies, and how I want to impact other individuals lives with my writing. Learning new writing skills is so important. Why you may ask? Well, because there is…

Woo! This writing class was a little bit easier than I had expected. I thought it was going to be stressful and have us doing essays back to back. Glad we didn’t have to do that, am I right, think about it less stress for the professor. My high school English teachers enforced all the writing skills on us, our school was sort of a college prep type. Everything they told us about college they made it seem extremely hard, especially when it came to writing. So, entering college writing not knowing…

Throughout the course of this year my writing skills have grown and improved my ability as a writer. At the start of the year, my writing contained overall poor use of writing skills and strategies. Weak intensifiers along with personal pronouns became frequent in my writing. Towards the end of the year, I began to use more formal diction and better writing strategies. In our first argument timed write of the year, I got a score of two. By the end of the year, I started scoring fives and sixes…

Self-Knowledge Through the semester my understanding of writing improved, when the semester started I felt like I was all over the place in my writing, there was no structure. But, with the help of Dr. St. Michel, I have learned different approaches making my writing more organized. I feel like I have improved my writing skills over the semester, however that information should have been learned in high school. I know I will need to improve my writing skills since many jobs require it, some…

speaking language skills component, with a limited focus on writing. As a result, I never felt confident with any piece that required writing. since most of the courses in college requires one or the other way writing skill, It has been a hurdle to succeed in my college studies. Thus, I have been putting effort to improve my writing skills; even before, I started taking this English 101 class. I used to use a various educational material which I thought might help me to meet my writing goal.…

because my English writing skills has a very significant improvement in an English 3003 class. With the knowledge I acquired from the English 3003 class, I can proudly say that, I successfully improves my writing skills to meet the WST requirements, because I have mastered the abilities of analysis of a text, citation of external sources and essay revision. Recognizing the rhetorical triangle significantly improves my text analysis ability thereby improving my writing skills by learning…

Portfolio Introduction By attending 39B, I improved my writing skills. When I first attended the class, I felt the challenge of writing 39B. From writing 39A to writing 39B, it has a long distance of span. Thinking deeply and writing clearly are the two essential things for writing. However, the most important thing is to love writing. People who loves writing have a creative ideas and better writing skills. Gradually, I found that I love writing. The first thing that I improved is…

English, my writing skills have improved through each paper and exercise that I have written. I use longer and more diverse vocabulary and write more complex sentences that vary in length. Each project that I worked on helped me overcome obstacles that I previously struggled with. This English class has truly given me an chance to practice and improve my writing skills. The first project, "Writing Process with Metaphor," gave me an opportunity to think about my personal writing process as…

in midair for clues that could enlighten the subject. Deeper down the tunnel of Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, and Critical Writing. What can it all signify, it appears to be ambiguous. Furthermore, mind faltering, I hesitate to determine what this could all mean. Bam! I hit the bottom of the tunnel, high upon a table a book,” The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing.” Hence, came a voice whispering, “Drink Me,” open your mind, seek the knowledge, and become a better thinker, speaker and…

I have developed strong writing skills throughout the semester; any pieces of writing I have written have improved every time. Looking back at my essay and revising them to be placed in my portfolio, I saw where my weaknesses were and where my strengths were. Just by reading my past essays, I noticed how I have grown as a writer. While plagiarism percentage wasn’t an issue and transitional words were my specialty, using broader vocabulary, staying on one point of view, focusing on my main idea,…