My Writing Process

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I have seen my progressively change over the semester as a result of this course and the essays we read. Some of the most helpful essays have been Nancy Sommers’ essay “Revision strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” and Thomas Osborne’s “Late Nights, Last Rites, and the Rain-Slick Road to Self-Destruction”. These essays were very relatable to me and touched on some of the key items that I often find myself struggling with in my writing process.
One of the biggest things I struggled with is writing continuously without interruption. This would affect my work greatly, as I would often lose my train of thought in the middle of a sentence and in some extreme cases completely forget to finish the sentence. In one of my essays at the …show more content…
My transitioning was very poor and in this example in particular I started every sentence with “The Beatles” instead of using transitions to allow the sentences to flow from one another. What helped the the most with this issue in particular is reading my classmate’s essays in class and noticing how they transitioned and how some of their sentences molded together as if they were puzzle pieces specifically designed to fit together. The last major thing that I have improved upon since starting this class is finding my writing voice. My writing style is very short and to the point with not much extra imagery or describing of things. However I have gotten a little better about writing about things with a little more detail and less directness.
Another example of American literature that demonstrates lack of freedom is La Amistad, in La Amistad Cinque is captured with a net and dragged to a ship to be sold in Spain. He is physically constrained and does not have the freedom to move anywhere or leave the ship and stay in his home country. While on the ship he revolts against his captors and kills them. He is then put into a prison where he remains chained and in a

My Writing Process

steps of my current writing process that I take when I approach a writing assignment for school or work are as follows: 1. PREWRITING: a. First, I choose a topic to write. b. Second, I decide what style essay I prefer to write (such as Descriptive, Persuasive, Narrative, etc.). c. Followed by brainstorming via freewriting (writing non-stop, putting all of my thoughts on paper). 2. PLANNING: a. First, I utilize a graphics organizer to organize my brainstorming…

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Reflection On My Writing Process

I had written my previous self reflection and it’s safe to say that not much has changed. Not much time has passed for me to notice an enormous change in my writing. Although, I do believe that I am slowly improving on my writing process. I used to not even make an outline for myself but now I find it difficult not to. I have made quite a few changes in my writing since I started this course and have goals for what I would like my writing to be in the future. My writing process has changed significantly…

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My Writing Process Analysis

could be a blessing and curse. Writing in this method is very helpful when I am trying to explain a personal story or to incorporate a backstory to an issue. However I now know that I have previously used this in writing that it was not needed and it devalued my work. For example in my process analysis I used narration to recount a few moments of my life in order to help people know what my day was like. In my pre-writing I think I went too far into it and lost sight of my purpose of this particular…

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Reflective Essay: My Writing And The Writing Process

From my prior writing experience the most intense and thorough writing has come in the past two years. In high school, I was in the honors track for English until junior year. Senior year I took College Credit Plus English through my local community college, but only for a semester. I didn’t take a second semester due to the time I was spending on my AP classes and basketball practice after school every day. Entering college, my first semester I took a classical mythology class that had a writing…

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My Grant-Writing Process

After, I have watched some grant-writing tutorial, I learned grant writing, is a cycle process that involves the project‘s idea, find a grand, get the award, implementation and others. Practice and patience help to grow grant writing abilities. A well-written grant explains the need’s statement, organization history, program summary, mission, goals and objectives, strategies, budget, and budget narrative. Some additional suggestions are that a grant writer should understand that the proposal may…

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Reflective Essay: My Writing Process

point I would describe my writing process as well improved. I used to be horrible at writing, to be honest I hated to write. Now that I have really improved in my writing I do not mind to write, as long as I know what I am writing about. I do not love to write, but I do not hate it. To do my best writing I have to be in a quiet room, preferably by myself. Sometimes I struggle to come up with things to actually write. Listening to music usually helps me come up with writing ideas. Most of the time…

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Personal Narrative: My Writing Process

My writing process has been a step by step process that required many stages of development that I have used to construct an essay or paper. Every writer has a way in which is unique to them when using a writing process. Personally, I think that there is no single method to producing a paper, rather a writer can use multiple ways to arrive at a final product. My writing process has changed over the course of this semester in which I use four main steps that starts with pre-writing, writing, revising/editing…

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Narratively Affect My Writing Process

younger I really wasn’t an enthusiast of reading and writing, because it was frustrating for the most part. What made me frustrated about reading and writing was staying focused, especially when I have to do book reports for school. What frustrated me the most was reading, analyzing, and then forgetting what I read about. This would eventually affect my writing process. Two of the main people who pushed me to read and write more were my parents. My parents were at work most of the time. But with every…

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Personal Narrative: My Writing Process

Imagine writing a five page paper the night before it’s due. This describes my life throughout AP Senior English during high school. It would have been more beneficial if I would have received grades that were not satisfactory. That way, I would have learned my lesson and not waited until the last minute for every assignment. This is not what happened; I kept doing well and I, therefore, kept finding myself caught in the viscous cycle that is procrastination. This was not the best process for my general…

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Personal Narrative: My Personal Writing Process

My personal writing process was to start with what information I know about the topic. I write this down and from there I begin my research and start to build an argument. I add this to my notes and next I make an outline that will begin to make a path for my writing. I start writing my introduction first to guide my writing and then build paragraphs off my outline bullets. Next I add, rearrange, remove, and replace information, so that it makes sense. I edit the grammar, spelling, clarity, and punctuation…

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