At the beginning of the semester, for your first journal post, I asked you to describe your relationship with writing. Please take a look at what you wrote at the beginning of the semester, and evaluate your relationship with writing now. Have any of your thoughts about writing changed, stayed the same? Please explain. Do you consider yourself a writer now? Why or why not?
At the beginning of the semester I said that I don't really enjoy writing, especially for a class. I still feel this way but after taking this course I do find it easier to write papers, drafts, and brainstorm in a different way than I used to when thinking what topic to write my paper on. Now, when a teacher tells me to write a 3 or 4 page paper I don't feel as much pressure because I've written so much more than that and it was almost effortless. I also feel a world more comfortable with MLA format and what exactly I have to do on a paper to format it correctly as well as how to format sources. I don't necessarily consider myself a writer because even though I know how to write, I don't do it for fun or as a hobby. I feel like writers love to write and are constantly thinking about something new to write about as they go about their everyday lives.
ReplyDeleteAfter taking two semesters of English class, I still feel the same way about writing as before. Although I still don't enjoy it as much as authors or writers, I feel like I gained a lot of beneficial skills that will help me throughout my college career. The only way to get better at writing is to just write, which this class has helped me do. Writing essays aren't too terrible to carry out and actually finish because I've learned everything there is to know about researching a topic, drafting an essay, and finishing it. Although I learned a lot of valuable skills for writing, I don't really consider myself a writer. In my opinion, writers are people who genuinely enjoy writing. I don't enjoy writing that much.
ReplyDeleteIn hindsight, this course has made me realize that writing is used to share an idea or story through a variety is mediums, not just through an academic paper or novel. It has also made me realize that being a writer is not just for authors or professors. Writers take concepts and portray them in the most relatable ways possible to share their message with a variety of people. Though I would not consider myself a writer, this course made me realize how much more attainable the title is. It also made me realize how fun writing is when its something im passionate about the topic, and thus a lot more relatable to the readers because my work is more personal.
ReplyDeleteI do not consider myself a writer, I consider myself more of a student till progressing and experimenting more with the writing process understanding more from every draft and final paper. I said at the beginning of the year I write when I have an assignment and that is where our relationship ends. This relationship is still the same but I do believe I have slowly progressed in to a writer who understnads more concepts of finalizing a paper. I have found myself to of masted the MLA format in writing paper but the content within the format always needs improving. I am continuously learning and do not consider my self a writer, because i believe there is always some for me to learn from professors.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the year, I stated that I enjoy writing about things that I'm passionate about. I still believe that to be true. When given a topic that doesn't interest me, I'm not going to want to do it, and most likely put it off. This class has given me the opportunity to write about topics that interest me and that I enjoy writing about. I do not consider myself a writer, because when I think about a writer I think about someone who's constantly jotting down notes and writing in their free time. For me, I only write when I have to, and when I'm given an assignment, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I hate it. I think my feelings towards writing will always stay particularly neutral.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts on writing are pretty much the same as they were at the beginning of the semester; however, I am no longer an English major and switched back to biological science. This course made me realize I don’t want to be in a major dedicated to writing papers over the next three years. I’ve also realized I enjoy creative writing a lot more than research essays. Research and analysis essays require me to make an argument, and in reality, I’m someone that doesn’t like to argue unless it’s a topic I’m very passionate about. I don’t consider myself a writer because I feel a writer deeply enjoys writing and does it regularly, both of which don’t apply to me. While I feel I am a good writer when I must write, I’m not passionate about writing and probably never will.
ReplyDeleteI like writing for the sake of working through a thought or idea. I believe most would agree that writing on a topic in which you actually have interest in is much easier than writing about something you don’t necessarily care for. Since we were able to choose our topics in this class it was certainly a more enjoyable writing experience than writing on an assigned topic. I think that anybody who writes anything is technically a writer but there is a difference in being a great writer or a not so great writer. I know that my writing is definitely far from perfect. However, I think that practicing will always help a person improve.
ReplyDeleteIn my first journal I said that I did not enjoy writing and thought of it as an assignment. I still think of most writing as an assignment however, after taking this course I believe that it is a little easier for me to write a longer and more in depth assignment. I liked how we were given so much freedom to pick a topic that we liked because it made the process a little easier. I still do not consider myself a writer since I can't seem to enjoy it as much as some people do but that is okay since I do not plan on becoming a writer any time soon.
ReplyDeleteMy relationship with writing now is similar to my relationship with it at the beginning of the semester. I consider myself better at writing now than I did at the beginning of the semester. I do not consider myself a writer becauseI don't enjoy writing enough nor do I consider myself good enough at writing to be a writer. I did enjoy the prompts for the most part this semester and learned a lot along the way.
ReplyDeleteTowards the beginning of the semesters, I said I did not consider myself a writer. My views have not changed by much. I mentioned that writing only came to me when it was required, as so how it happened with this class. Another reason why I do not consider myself a writer is because I do not think I am good enough nor am I passionate about it. Writing all there papers went well because they all gave enough freedom to write about something I liked. Even though I received a good grade on all three, there is much I do not know and do not wish to know, honestly. Writing is for some people, just not for me.
ReplyDeleteI would say my relationship with writing is more or less the same. I moderately enjoy, and I hope to make it a bit more prevalent in my life. I still see writing as an important means of communication that can always be trained and improved. I would say my writing has improved slightly over the course of the semester, and I expect it to only improve as I continue my education. I would still not consider myself to be a writer in the sense that I write as a form of recreation with or without the intent to share my writings, but I do occasionally write privately on my own time. Regardless of how I see myself as a writer, I am going to have to become a strong writer as I continue to take more advanced classes at FSU.
ReplyDeleteMy relationship with writing has changed slightly from the beginning of the semester to now. I have had less writing assignments due for classes so I have had more time to write on my own. This allows me to enjoy writing more because it is less forced. I consider myself more of a writer now because I have practiced certain writing skills that we went over in this class. The different drafts that we used helped with connecting my thought processes to paper and made longer papers less intimidating to write. I know that I can use these skills when writing for future classes.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the semester, I realized that my relationship with writing had improved since high school, that still holds true. This semester I did find the writing assignments more difficult to write on rather than last semester, but I also never wrote many research papers. I still think that there are other students that are far better at writing than I am and I also still think that they should do the writing! Throughout this semester, I realized that it is an important part of the writing process to break up the writing assignment into drafts so you can have a new outlook on the writing rather than write it all at once.
ReplyDeleteI believe that my writing has become increasingly more fluent and descriptive since coming into this class this past semester. After our multiple papers with conferences and peer reviews, my writing and overall understanding of the material we cover has drastically changed for the better. Although this class has helped me greatly and improved my writing, I still do not in fact consider myself a writer. Take a normal day of mine for instance. Although I do write through text messages, e-mails, and almost all my school work, I do not describe myself as a “writer.” Though most would consider them one in the same, I see them as two separate mediums. With that being said, this class has helped further develop my writing skills.
ReplyDeleteI actually have to say that I believe that this year has in fact helped my writing process. There is one major reason for this when compared to past years. Often times in past years of English each teacher try's to shove those own way of learning down your throat. This very quickly becomes confusing and hard to deal with. I would consider my self a decent writer for my age and expirence. However it quickly becomes hard to learn when you can't right in your own style. That is what I personally liked is that I felt like you didn't try to teach us your style of writing but helped us develop our own style. This felt like something that I was critically needing to learn because I have the idea or theme generally when I write but sometimes I lack the ability to flush it out. This year really helped me learn how to flush out my writing style and learn how to better represent my information instead of just cramming now some random teachers writing style only to have it changed the next English class. So yes I would consider myself to be a better writer after this class especially when compared to previous English classes where I just learn that style for the year and then forgot it.
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