Which of your pieces was the most challenging to write? Give three reasons and explain.
Personally, the hardest writing prompt this semester was the Twist Short Story. Although it was one of the most enjoyable to write, I found myself unable to come up with an idea that I knew I could develop and adapt to fit the story. Moreover, this writing prompt pushed me to employ the writing skills I learned over the semester and use them in a creative way, making me a more flexible writer. However, the part that made this writing prompt the hardest was the fact that I had to attempt to employ some parts of another writer’s writing style and make it my own.
Which of your pieces was the most enjoyable to write? Give three reasons and explain.
Personally, the most enjoyable writing prompt to write was the college writing prompt. First of all, the college essay writing prompt gave me the freedom to choose any prompt from a list that I wanted to write about. Allowing me to choose something I would enjoy writing about. Moreover, the writing prompt I chose allowed me to adapt my essay as I was writing it. The result was an essay that I could develop and edit with ease. Finally, the reason I really enjoyed writing this essay was the fact that I could use pretty much anything that I could think off in my writing (Basically a lot of creative freedom).
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a writer? Explain.
Many of my strengths and weaknesses as a writer actually overlap my strengths and weaknesses as a human. For example, I tend to rush or do things impulsively without thinking it through, this weakness can be seen in my writing when I rush to write something down without planning out the rest of my writing. However, one of my strengths as a writer is one that I developed over this semester, flexibility. I used to only be able to write a certain way which led to all my essays being very similar. But now I am able to adapt my writing to different prompts without forgoing my writing style.
What have you done to develop your strengths and minimize your weaknesses as a writer? How successful do you feel you have been? Explain.
I have attempted to minimize my weakness of terrible planning by creating a strict template that I follow when writing. First I would brainstorm, then I would plan out my essay, before writing it( I would of course adapt my essay as I wrote it). I actually maximized my strengths by making my outlines as basic as possible( just enough so I don’t follow a script and just enough that I have some room to add my own thoughts).
What kind of future career or field of study are you considering? What kinds of writing might be important in this career or field? Explain, giving specific examples.
I wanted to pursue a career in media but I soon realized that I was not, for a lack of words, cut out for it. I have not found anything that I am truly passionate about or anything that I am intrinsically motivated to do. The closest thing that I have to a possible field of study is psychology. Although I do not despise it, I also do not have a passion for it. For psychology, I would most likely need to write thesis papers,research proposals, or lab reports.
What advice would you offer the College Writing teachers as they plan this unit for next year? What might be some additional pieces of writing to add and why? How was the timing and pacing? Did you receive enough feedback? Did you receive enough instruction and input so you knew how to do each assignment? You can make specific comments about specific assignments here. What did you like or not like and why? What would make this unit more student-friendly, provide more learning, or make it more interesting? Explain.
I believe that the course’s plethora of different essays and writing assignments has helped me develop as a writer. Personally, I had enough feedback,instruction, and advice to help me improve my writing. However, every course has its pros and cons. I believe that an emphasis should be put on writing improvement. With a set guideline and goal for students to follow, students would be able to take that guideline and use it as a support on which they would build/develop their own writing style.
