My writing challenge

I usually have a hard time starting a paper. It usually depends on what I am writing about. When I get to write about my own experiences it seems a little easier to get started. Like the essay that we turned in for this class was easier to get started because I just had to think back and start writing. Maybe that is why I like to write about myself rather then other topics. Although part of that is, I don't like to have to do research either.

Reflection

Something I continued to struggle with in this essay was the ending, and I plan to continue working on this. That is exactly what I did. I worked on it for most of the weekend. Tweaking the end this way and that. I hope that the changes I have made work for the end of my narrative. I generally find it difficult to end a paper. I don't want to end it too soon or drag it out and say too much.

Something I tried for the first time in this essay was the peer review, and here's how I think it went, I think that this was helpful. It was nice to have someone else read my paper and give me some suggestions on changes that I could make. I did use some of the ideas that my peer group gave me.

Something I learned about myself as a writer during this unit is that I can actually write a good paper. At least that is what I am hoping that my grade shows. I know that I still need work when it comes to writing a paper but I do feel that I am getting better.

revisions

In my first semester at Delta, I enrolled in an english class. Throughout the semester, we wrote many papers over the same topic. The good thing is that we were able to choose our topic. I spoke with some friends to bounce ideas off and see what they thought. Also to see if they could give me input on something that I might find interesting enough to continue writing about. Eventually I decided to write about one of my favorite book series. By the end I was still tired of writing about it. Although I ended up having to write about the author insead of the books themselves.

1st Blog

As I once again dive head first into a full time student schedule, I am reminded of how stressful and time consuming it can be. I enjoy reading in my free time, if I can find any. When I read I have no due dates, no arguments with my boyfriend, no dishes that need to be done. I am able to escape into the world of make believe.


Over the summer I was able to take some time off and do some reading. Though I told myself I would never, I found myself mesmerized by the Twilight saga. It was very easy to forget all troubles and just keep reading. Especially when reading books about a teenager that falls in love with a vampire and finds out that her best friend is a werewolf. Not to mention the crazy love triangle that comes out through it. I was especially surprised to find out that my brother has read all of the books in the saga. I found that it was wrong of me to think that these were books written only for young girls.

Although, when you look at the importance of reading and writing, I could not imagine our world without them. There would be no newspapers, email, internet or even text books. Not that I enjoy reading text books, but they do have a lot of very helpful information. Without them I do not know how we would learn or what our society would be like.

Reading and writing are some of the basics to the foundation of our entire learning experience. I can remember as a child how excited I was when I was finally able to write my own name. Especially my last name, that took a little longer. It was a very proud accomplishment. Now I get to see the same thing happen with my nieces and my boyfriends’ daughter.