When it comes to writing I have always struggled forming the ideas in my head into actual sentences. The modules that we have worked on have made me realize that a lot of writers struggle with the same problem. I had always figured that my ideas would come across as long as I understood them unfortunately I was wrong.
At first, while I was working on these modules I thought that the work we were doing was not going to be of any help to me. For example, when I read the instructions to module 1 I felt that what I was being asked to do was pointless. On the other hand, as soon as I started working on it I realized that in order to identify the audience and the purpose the author had to make these clear in their writing without necessarily telling me what they were. I quickly applied this to my own writing, and wondered if I was accomplishing it when writing.
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Working on these modules showed me the importance of having an outline and an audience before writing an essay. Both helped me clarify my ideas and make sense of them. In other words, the modules, specifically module 1, allowed me to work on something that would guide me while working on my drafts. I knew that pre-writing exercises are helpful and in many cases necessary, but now I know that although they are time consuming they facilitate the writing process. I think that the most significant factor in how I learned about writing was reading others essays and looking for their approach, audience, thesis, purpose. This helped me come up with an idea as to how I would point these out in my