My Experience Of Writing In English Class

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Throughout my school years I have had to write numerous papers; in my most recent English class, which was my sophomore year, we prepared for a writing state test. Therefore, I wrote more papers than usual during that semester. During the class, I discovered my low points of writing, my weakness of writer’s block, and my problem overcoming that weakness.
In this particular English class we obviously had to write papers. A major weakness that I became accustomed to was the actual writing. Once I finally found my thoughts and formed them together, I then faced the struggle of getting them onto actual paper. I had trouble with getting my point across because I did not know exactly how I wanted my words to be expressed. Often after I submitted my final copy, handwritten or not, multiple copies of my paper were left behind. …show more content…

A low point within that semester was when I encountered writer’s block. This was stressful for me because at the end of the course, I would have to take a timed writing state test. Once given a prompt, the majority of my time in class was used staring blankly at my paper. Very conflicted on what to say, I usually just wrote what was on my mind and then organized the thoughts and started from there. However, finding that first thought to even start free writing was an immense task for me. Not only was finding the ideas difficult, it was also time consuming. Nearly all of my papers were written at home and not at a decent hour. Nevertheless, I eventually found a