Essay About My Writing Experience

I never considered myself as a strong writer. I was ashamed to share my writings with others because I was scared to show my poor writing skills. I feared that people will judge me for not knowing how to construct my sentences. Instead of finding the solution, I blamed my language background. I saw my language background as a barrier that stopped me from improving. Since I grow up speaking Chinese, I accepted the fact that my second language will never be as good as my first. I didn’t even bother to improve myself since I still had a passing grade for English in high school. I told myself that I have only started learning English a few years ago and I will get better within time. However, I have not improved as much as I hoped to because I never identified my problems as a writer. After taking College Writing R1A class, I finally discovered my weaknesses.

I spent a proper amount of time developing my body paragraphs, but I never learned how to revise my essay properly. This old habit formed when I was to writing in-class essays in high school. Only being able to turn in my essay once, I was very mindful of what I write. I treated every piece of writing as a final draft. This writing technique was problematic for essay writing. Because I spent too much time on perfecting one sentence at a time, my train of thoughts was often interrupted. I had to stop the writing process every five minutes, which I found really annoying. I kept reminding myself that I am working on a final draft and I often felt pressured with perfectionism. I always find mistakes when I read my essay. Sometimes, I even feel discouraged because I know that my essay will never be