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Reflection On My Writing

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At the beginning of the semester, I was skeptical of 1) having a late class and 2) not really talking to anyone. I was afraid that my writing was not good enough or at least not college material. My thoughts were that I was going to proceed this class alone without the need to really communicating with anyone. My opinion was “this is an English class I get to focus on just my writing.” However, this class was nothing as I imaged in the first place. My experiences of working in a group project, reading other pieces of literature, revising other people’s essays, learning about rhetoric as well as how to write intros and conclusions, gave me an opportunity to see different types of writing and develop an awareness of how I revised and read any …show more content…

I just looked around seeing everyone else find their groups and like everyone else, I turned to see the people sitting close to me and that's when they invited me to join their group. Agh! That was a relief I thought. The project was not a challenge, but more of getting to know the people I was working with. I saw the potential we had as a group and put together a presentation that would reflect our grade. I can name this project an icebreaker because I got to profoundly know the team I was performing with. And that's when I realized that the semester would only get easier not necessarily the material itself, but because of the fact that I now interacted with these individuals, and I knew I wasn't alone in this journey. They were also going through the same voyage. The project simply facilitated the way I saw the class and helped me also make new …show more content…

My essays are included since I had many claims without grounds. I learned that I should not believe anything I read just because it is written or typed on a piece of paper. I should find a credible source to make my reader believe that what I have to say is true and convincing. The reading Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott also encouraged me to start an unwanted essay. It is better to have something rather than nothing to work with. After that reading and the discussion in class, I saw that I was not the only person in the class that had the same problem approaching a writing assignment. This idea, after all, is indeed helpful to anyone who can't put their thoughts together because there’s time to revise and revise until we get that comfort that it is finished and

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