The Process Of Writing : My Personal Writing Process

It is essential to understand that classes taken in grade school do not give students a full understanding of each subject. With the topic of writing, there will always be a new lesson to learn, an aspect to improve, or a differing way to explain. Author Craig Vetter states in Bonehead Writing, “This is your enemy: a perfectly empty sheet of paper. Nothing will ever happen here except what you make happen.” Each story, essay, or response comes from a writer’s experiences. With each attempt at a new piece comes an underlying story of emotions the writer is facing. Each person’s writing is unique and the ideas people have are related to their past experiences and what they believe to be familiar with when deciding which writing style to use. As a high school student, I have learned many things about writing that helped me become the improved writer I am today, but the most essential advice I have received is practice makes perfect. Although there is no actual perfect way of writing, I have discovered that each essay I write, my writing improves. It is easier to spot mistakes, find areas to improve, and ponder elevated word choice to use.

Those that write always have a writing process whether they know it or not. A writing process can be defined by the way an individual gears up for the project at hand. It can be as simple as finding a favorite chair to write in or the act of planning out the writing beforehand. My own personal writing process varies from task to task with a few constants. I generally start my writing process by first reconciling my project; figuring out the best way to express the needs of the work. I do not write down notes or an outline in regards to the project mostly relying on winging it so as not to get hung up on sticking to the outline. I will my best to knock out large chunks of the project before taking any breaks unless I hit a wall, and

I have always had a trouble in writing and after taking this GSW course I feel much more confident in my writing abilities and have learned many skills that I will always be able to use in my writing. I feel that over the course of this writing class that I have learned a lot of useful information and have grown as a writer. I have learned many skills that have improved my writing from the sources I use to the styles I write into using visuals in my papers. I have also improved my writing process. I go through many more steps to make sure my writing is to its best. I use more than just myself in my writing process I use others to help me and give me feedback on how I can improve even more on my writing. I have made a huge change in my writing

Students are assigned a variety of writing tasks throughout college. Whether it is an assignment in an orientation class or a term paper, students will need to include information from scholarly peers to help prove their point and make a credible stance. Thankfully students can include data from scholarly articles as long as they give proper credit to the author(s) from whom they received the information. Among the many issues that a student could potentially face is overusing resources. By not including enough of their thought on a subject, the work could become a collage of other writer’s work that a student merely puts his name on. To help avoid such an issue, one must remember that no more than 15% percent of a paper should include quotes

Hi Shiloh! I want to thank you for reminding us that writing is a process. It is also good for me to take note as I am starting out in my professional writing career. Although I didn't coin the term 'limited' in my post, we described our professional writing experiences as limited. We laid out a brief overview of our experiences coming from different premises other than the prompt. I recall my experiences in the form of a short bio, implying that I have done anything but creative writing. From what I comprehend, you list your experience to support the importance of the process. In contrast, you took a philosophical turn, challenging a misconceived notion that writing is about the act of writing.

Expression is the process of making known one’s thoughts or feelings. My process for writing is laced with confusion; Confusion towards a product I am happy with and proud of, confusion towards which steps to take and when, confusion about if I am processing my literature correctly. As a current college student, one would hope I had grasped the concept of how to write an essay long ago; to write a complete essay in one sitting is an elementary skill for most. However, as for I, at age 18, 2 and a half years of college years to reference and an abundance of information to recall from a freshly passed high school, have yet to master, or even intermediately understand, how to properly produce a piece of

“When I write, I am always struck at how magical and unexpected the process turns out to be.” Writer Ralph Fletcher shares. I would not describe my writing process as magical or unexpected. Writing – formal writing, at least – does not come naturally to me and I struggle to put my thoughts into words. I would not describe my writing process as “magical” or “unexpected” because structure is valuable to me, I am easily frustrated, and I feel I am too slow of a writer.

“Text” is an interesting lens to look at writing through. There are literally brand-new spaces for writing being created by new technology and innovations still to be made in existing spaces.

My normal writing process is something I would think is close to what some others do with some variation mixed in near the end. I get the assignment then figure out the date that it is due, if it is less than 4 pages and more than a week away I don’t worry about the assignment and just put it away. If it is due in a week or less or more than 3 pages, I will start to go over the rubric and figure out the main idea that I want to work with for this assignment. After I figure out the central idea that my paper will be working off of, I figure out the sub topics that will be implemented into it and if needed, an argument against my paper. Normally for research I use different articles on the internet that seem similar to how I would think and ask

My writing process is to first write to myself because when i write a story i tell myself the story. But when i rewrite my main job is to take out all the things that is not the story. I also try not to use a passive voice because timid writers like passive verbs for the same reason that timid lovers like passive partners, But the passive voice is always safe. The adverb is not your friend. Sometimes I catch myself obsessing over bad grammar, I tend to tell myself that the object of function isn’t grammatical correctness but to make me and the reader welcome and then tell the story. Editing and revising plays a very important role in my reflection, Just to make sure that my writing piece makes sense to me and the reading. I found it very useful that watching TV

All throughout my years of schooling, I’ve had just about, one paper that was about one page long, due every year. My papers never had to be more than one page in length. Therefore, I did not have to do much writing or do many essays. Surely not enough to remember any of the assignments. Writing has never been something I enjoyed doing, so I never bothered to many any memories of my writing experiences. I did not think it was necessary to remember any of them since I only had to do them to get a grade. The only writing experience I remember was the first assignment I had in this English 100 class about a writing experience. All week long, I sat there thinking about what to write about, but nothing came to mind as a topic. Then, one thing came to mind, but it was so very vague, I could not write the length that was needed for the assignment. I could only think of a few sentences to write for it. After sitting for a few moments longer, I thought, how about I write about how difficult it was for me to write this essay before it was due.

On the other hand, writing provides a getaway from my life. When I’m not overwhelmed by the strains of work, I whip out my smartphone, open my writing application, and continue a story that I thought of long ago. I escape the ominous impression of deadlines and settle into fictional worlds where time seems to fly. Instead of furiously creating another report for a meeting, I type down what images come into mind and try my best to describe the scene replaying in my mind. The only concerns I have when writing recreationally are the details’ sufficiency and the plotline’s realism. I tend to create the story as I tap on the screen, but it helps me drift off into a world where my performance remains unjudged and ungraded. With the help of incessant fantasizing and occasional breaks, writing helps me go to another world and escape the burdens of reality. While writing is the primary aspect of work, it’s also my go-to source of relaxation.

“There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist…lead through…the jungles of the self, the world, and of craft” (Jessamyn West, qtd. in Lindemann 22). As West states, the method of creating “good writing” is as much an individual process as it is a challenging course to accomplish. How does one teach an individual process to a class of students? In order for instructors to teach this component, they need to provide students the opportunities to identify their individual process to become better writers. In the words of Erika Lindemann, author of A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers, “Writing involves not just one process but several”(22). In an attempt to answer the question, what does the process involve, Lindemann tackles the question by identifying what is universal about the writing process, with consideration to the individuality of the student writer.

As frustrating as writing a paper can be sometimes in different styles, it is still important that we learn how to. We must learn the proper guidelines and techniques that are associated with a particular style in order to truly create a masterpiece. While each paper is ultimately different in the topics that need to be addressed, all of them must start from one idea. Once we have that one idea set in stone, that is where we build upon the paper by trying to understand our exigence-the purpose and the audience- for writing. It is still crucial, though, that our voice remains strong throughout all pieces. Senior Composition has made me reach out of my comfort zone and write about genres that I have addressed before. I believe that my writing has progressed, but there are still major areas for improvement, such as my writing conventions and analysis.

The process of writing differs between writers, which can influence writing style— as I have experienced first hand. At first writing poetry was an obstacle for me because I haven’t done it since high school, so to refresh my mind I’ve made numerous Google searches, usually about how to write poetry or at least how to make it stand out and not become cliche— especially if we’re doing a particular type of poetry, such as the metaphors and similes unit. On a piece of paper I’ll usually write a basic outline stating my theme and the format of the poem, with ideas written everywhere, even if they’re just key words I want to somehow incorporate.