Improvised Writing, I Mean Improved Writing.

I joined this class really having no idea what the class was all about. My counselor told me that I should take it, so I took it. I did not have any idea that there would be so much writing involved! I am not particularly fond of writing and when I discovered how much writing there was involved in this class I was a little put back, but I do not let a lot stop me from taking a class. I know that when I am finished with this class I will be definitely excited about not needing to write a paper for a while I hope at least.

I feel my writing has improved in some ways. I feel more confident when I am writing an essay that is in my comfort zone, but not so much when I am out of my comfort zone. I have gained a better way at looking and gathering my information that I want to include in my paper, but I know I need to work on how I put it into words in my paper for other people to understand.

I really am going to work on improving my writing by making sure I do not stray too far from the topic. I need to focus on writing more about the facts than throwing some of my opinions in. I have included both, but I need to stop straying over to the opinion side of a paper, but it is just so easy because I can talk forever about my own opinion about a topic.

I also need to make sure that I do not make too many grammatical mistakes, I would definitely be a believer about not worrying so much about it, like that one article we read towards the beginning of this class that said many colleges do not care about it so much, but I know to be a better writer I need to worry about it. I have just, to be honest, never cared too much to really work on it.

I know my writing needs to improve in the fact that I bounce around when I talk. My writing seems to have ADHD in a way. Like I'll begin on one train of thought then all the sudden in the same paragraph I begin on something new. You can take notice of it in my second paragraph, whoops.

I also need to focus on my introductions and conclusions. I need to be more straight with my conclusion. I need to focus on restating my thesis in my conclusion and in my introduction I need to make a stronger thesis statement. I know that my writing has improved because before this I would not know where to begin to admit that I need improvement in my writing. I know where my weaknesses are and know how to begin to at least try and fix my mistakes. A writer only gets better by having someone tear their writing to pieces and breaking bad habits and that is what this class is trying to do for me. My papers,though, are not so much torn apart, but more constructively criticized.