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English 1301: My Growth As A Writer

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English 1301 has definitely grown me as a writer and I can see how I have improved as a writer. One aspect in how my writing has grown is in the ability for myself to expand on my ideas. Honestly, the first paper that was assigned to me frightened me a little bit because of the four page minimum requirement. Never have I wrote a paper this long because I typically just write the basic requirements and never expand and elaborate on my ideas. However, it forced me to expand my ideas and as time progressed, this became very simple to execute. Now, I believe I cans successfully explain a perspective and am able to elaborate my ideas in order to create a better argument and piece. How I believe my writing should continue to grow is by always striving
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