“Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer.” This 1967 quote by Ray Bradbury, I feel best illustrates my writing experience, because although I’ve struggled with writing I feel that due to consistently working to perfect my craft, I’ve gotten to the point where a part of me actually does have a slight interest in either a career in writing, or possibly writing a book one day. My college writing career began when I took my first freshmen level writing class about two years age, upon entering that class I was nervous about writing, and didn’t expect to have any success in the class. Little did I know that I would develop somewhat of an affinity for writing as well as …show more content…
Writing about what I am passionate about has always made writing easier, this class gave me just the opportunity to do that. I’ve always had an interest in issues affecting the black community, so when I found out I would be able to research and discuss negative depictions of African Americans in the media, not only was I confident in my ability to be able to clearly and logically discuss the topic and my findings, but I was excited to conduct the research and learn for myself about the issue, specifically the cognitive effects of stereotypes. I think What was most beneficial about this class was I improved on the way I structure my papers, as well as present my arguments, I believe this had a lot to do with the use of the outlines we had to complete for some of the essays. Outlines were something that I was familiar with prior to this class but had never used, but definitely feel that they were