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Reflection On My Writing Course

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Entering this course, I feel that I had a bit of a false sense of confidence in my writing capabilities. Although I began as a good writer, there were plenty of valuable strategies that I learned in this course to really strengthen my academic writing, and I’m sure there are many more techniques that I will learn in future courses. I was always very apprehensive when I heard that in college I’d have to write 10-15 page research papers, because I didn’t understand how I could talk about one topic enough to fill that much space. The longest papers I had written before English 131 were 3 to 4 pages. Both my major papers exceeded this length and I quickly became conscious to the fact that I was very capable of writing more than this, as long as I was sure to broaden my thoughts and expand on my analysis, as well as take advantage of outside sources to enhance the complexity of my writing. Being able to write a variety of different kinds of compositions is a skill that I will need to continue cultivating for college, my future jobs and career, and adulthood in general. I’m hoping to major in Law, Societies and Justice, as well as Psychology, which will both require a good …show more content…

I have realized that I really enjoy the process of writing, as it is very cathartic and requires me to use my analytical and organizational skills. With each paper I write, it becomes easier to transform my thoughts into words eloquently. There is a certain satisfaction that comes at the completion of a major writing assignment – similar to completing a marathon, but instead of it being a physical game, it’s a mental one; one that requires lots of brain power. The finished result is something I can look back on at any time and express pride over how it turned out and how much work into I put into

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