Once assigned a topic, many different thoughts
begin running through my mind. I start thinking of what I am going to write
about the exact moment I hear the subject. The easiest part of a writing
assignment is figuring out what I am going to write about. I like to brainstorm
throughout the day and evaluate all of the possible things and ways to begin
and end a paper. I think about many different topics and layouts as I walk
between my classes. After putting much thought into a paper, I usually
procrastinate, a habit that I am trying to break while in college. Many times I
organize my paper in a five paragraph format. This layout has been drilled into
me since I first learned to write essays. According to Writing Analytically
the five paragraph format is completely destructive to all characteristic of
writing, except for the organization aspect. Once I return home from school and
I have laid out the format of the paper I start to develop my ideas. To begin
my paper and thesis, I begin to freewrite to create a foundation of thoughts
that I mold into my essay. Establishing a well-developed thesis is very
difficult for me to do without another’s opinion. Many times I will create a
thesis and think that it has too many flaws and then restart. Transferring my
thoughts to the paper and thoroughly developing the concepts are more
difficult. Many topics that I write about I assume people view the topic
the same way that I do. Something that makes complete since to me may look
like a whole new language to another person. Creating a lengthy piece of
literature has always been a problem for me. I am very easily distracted, as
writing is not my most favorite activity. Many times I will become sidetracked
by other noises or people around me, but complete silence is even more
difficult to work through. Eventually, I come back to the paper to finish. The
conclusion is the easiest, and most enjoyable, part of any paper. To me, the
conclusion says “You’re almost done”! The conclusion is wrapping up what you’re
whole essay has said. Therefore, completing a conclusion that summarizes the
paper, and adds a few finishing touches to some thoughts, is a very
accomplishing feeling. Proof-reading my own paper is one of my biggest flaws.
When I proof-read my own paper, I completely understand what it is that I
wrote. Then, I have to take my paper to a peer to ask for help. Only after then
can I go and make final corrections to make my essay more clear and
understandable. I will have many drafts of a paper. After printing and proof-reading
then correcting, I have created at least three different papers. Up until the
point that I turn in my paper to my teacher, I was always nervous. I knew after
I left home that there was nothing I could do to better my paper any more. The
accomplished feeling of turning in that paper is amazing! Then the cycle of
anticipation and nervousness restarts and only ends when I see the final grade.
Once assigned a topic, many different thoughts
begin running through my mind. I start thinking of what I am going to write
about the exact moment I hear the subject. The easiest part of a writing
assignment is figuring out what I am going to write about. I like to brainstorm
throughout the day and evaluate all of the possible things and ways to begin
and end a paper. I think about many different topics and layouts as I walk
between my classes. After putting much thought into a paper, I usually
procrastinate, a habit that I am trying to break while in college. Many times I
organize my paper in a five paragraph format. This layout has been drilled into
me since I first learned to write essays. According to Writing Analytically
the five paragraph format is completely destructive to all characteristic of
writing, except for the organization aspect. Once I return home from school and
I have laid out the format of the paper I start to develop my ideas. To begin
my paper and thesis, I begin to freewrite to create a foundation of thoughts
that I mold into my essay. Establishing a well-developed thesis is very
difficult for me to do without another’s opinion. Many times I will create a
thesis and think that it has too many flaws and then restart. Transferring my
thoughts to the paper and thoroughly developing the concepts are more
difficult. Many topics that I write about I assume people view the topic
the same way that I do. Something that makes complete since to me may look
like a whole new language to another person. Creating a lengthy piece of
literature has always been a problem for me. I am very easily distracted, as
writing is not my most favorite activity. Many times I will become sidetracked
by other noises or people around me, but complete silence is even more
difficult to work through. Eventually, I come back to the paper to finish. The
conclusion is the easiest, and most enjoyable, part of any paper. To me, the
conclusion says “You’re almost done”! The conclusion is wrapping up what you’re
whole essay has said. Therefore, completing a conclusion that summarizes the
paper, and adds a few finishing touches to some thoughts, is a very
accomplishing feeling. Proof-reading my own paper is one of my biggest flaws.
When I proof-read my own paper, I completely understand what it is that I
wrote. Then, I have to take my paper to a peer to ask for help. Only after then
can I go and make final corrections to make my essay more clear and
understandable. I will have many drafts of a paper. After printing and proof-reading
then correcting, I have created at least three different papers. Up until the
point that I turn in my paper to my teacher, I was always nervous. I knew after
I left home that there was nothing I could do to better my paper any more. The
accomplished feeling of turning in that paper is amazing! Then the cycle of
anticipation and nervousness restarts and only ends when I see the final grade.
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