Creative accounting

My ability to write and understand myself as a writer has changed because of the many subjects that were talked about in class. Such as, grammar to ensure that sentences are effective and using grammatical structures in your essay. Make sure to have paragraphs relate to your thesis statement. Have good punctuation in your essay like commas, exclamation points, and periods at the end of each sentence. I didn’t pass this class the very first time I took it, so I hope maybe this time around, it was…

Although, I have been challenged with multitudinous task during my English class this year, I have gathered a great deal of knowledge on many key attributes that will help me throughout my career; ranging anywhere from how to properly annotate, to depicting archetypes, and to building a cogent, convincing debate. During this half semester English class I have become much more knowledgeable than I ever were before. Even though, many people believe that what they encountered in their english class…

Each of us has their own writing style. Some work best with music in the background, and some work best in silence. Others like to organize their ideas, and others find that jotting all of their ideas down on paper is a better method of writing. For me, writing an essay is a time consuming process. First, I like to write one sentence at a time, and then go back and revise it. I find that starting off with one sentence and going back to revise it helps with keeping the flow of the paragraph. Next…

My approach as a writer is that I must ponder over what I should write about and how it should be written before I go on to start the essay. I am perceived to be a board walker: I have a simple task and the ability necessary to do it, but I am frozen at the start line thinking of what to do until I look back and realize a fire started on the building supporting the end of the board meaning it is time to move. The assignment asks that I analyze my growth as a critical writer and thinker, but I…

When I first signed up for English Comp. I did not realize the high standards my writing would be put up against. The different types of essays we were taught to write really helped me grow as a writer I believe. With the ad analysis, comparative essay, narrative essay, and the argumentative essay I learned many new and different skills. The first essay we wrote was the ad analysis. For this essay we did five paragraphs analyzing an ad we had to find ourselves. After scanning through multiple…

Project 2 Toni Morrison, bell hooks, and James Baldwin are all writers, professionals crafting fully realized people living in black and white, and poetically weave humor and personal tragedy into their essays about injustice. In the past, I always avoided calling myself a writer because I simply could not compare with them or their contemporaries. Throughout the years, I realized that forbidding myself from using that title was not a humble act, but instead, limiting myself from strengthening…

Are you willing to try new things and are up for rigorous challenges? A future student should take this Dual Enrollment English course because it definitely helps challenge you and make you a better writer. Compared to my previous years of being in a variety of academic english courses, I have learned so much during this English 112 course. I have grown so much as a writer during this course. I have recently read one of the very first papers that I had written at the start of the school year.…

Living Writers has introduced me to literary professionals that changed my way of thinking. I don’t consider myself a strong writer by any means. However, meeting Danielle Evans, Laila Lalami and Andre Dubus III made me realize being a great writer is just about being human. It’s possible with pure honesty, curiosity and bravery. Meeting Laila and Andre in person humanized them in a way I never expected. It gave context to their stories. Understanding their background, personality and…

Professionals and facilitators usually see writing as one of the most vital skills to have as employee. Sixty-four out of one hundred and twenty decent sized organizations were surveyed, and these companies spent $3.1 billion or more attempting to improve their employees’ writing abilities. (Quible & Griffin, 2007). Possessing decent writing skills is important because you must use it in several different areas of any career. People in college, or even just graduating from college, do not…

Writing would never be called my passion; however, if the topic of interest is thought-provoking, writing can be pleasurable. I have always been exceedingly critical of my writing, and I have a bad habit of producing your standard “five paragraph with five sentences” essay. High school was the true test of my writing skills, mainly because I had to take the ACT and SAT with writing if I wanted to get into the only Georgia school that I thought was up to par with my standards: The University of…