My relationship with writing and the unknown fears that come with it. I am currently enrolled in an English class and I have to admit that I am finding it a bit overwhelming. I have been out of school for thirty years and feel that my writing skills are lacking compared to others that are in my class. I, as most other people do feel like I have not kept my writing skills up to the level that they should be. I know that I must work hard to keep pace with my job, military duties, home life and then school. I know that this will be a daunting task for me. But with hard work and asking the appropriate questions when needed in a timely manner, I should be able to pass this course with an adequate grade.
Although my writing fears may be more than other peoples, I tell myself that my fears may not be as bad as other people’s fears may be. When I reviewed the English assignments I just stared at it for a minute or so and took a deep breath and asked myself what have I gotten myself into. I looked at the questions referring to verbs and past progressive tense, past perfect tense and the other questions scared the heck out of me. I tried to jolt my memory of all those years ago when I was in high school and I couldn’t remember ever seeing anything like that, then the panic kicked in.
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I work as a police detective and most of my writing tasks are very simple and direct with much of the same content or a structured writing. In the Law Enforcement community, I was taught to use the K.I.S.S method so that anyone could read a report and understand it. The K.I.S.S method stands for “keep it simple stupid”. After using this method for twenty-four years, I have come to realize that maybe my fears are justified because I have not done any creative writing to keep my skills