My friends are excellent writers. They both know what to say, use correct grammar, and have excellent structure to their essays. My friends and I are very different. Expressing their thoughts on paper comes naturally to them, but it takes a little more thought for me. My writing shows that researching information is a definite strength, but I lack organization and grammar skills, as well as a clear expression of what I want to say. My goal in writing is to just be confident in my writing.
When it comes to writing strengths I feel I am better with knowing what information I want to say. I can research all day because I am determined to make sure what I say is correct information. I do not want to give someone the wrong information because that makes me look bad. I would never want someone to pass down bad advice or tell me a lie. The least I can do is make sure the information I give out is backed up with evidence or proof.
A weakness I am definitely aware of are my organization skills. I know what I want to say in my papers, but I do not know when the correct moment to say something is. My thoughts become scattered which makes it difficult to get A's on the papers I write for school. I am afraid of getting someone confused or thrown off because my paper is unorganized. During Summer Bridge at Loyola my thoughts were scattered everywhere. I had all the information, but it just did not flow. Once something popped in my head I wrote it down no matter what I was talking about before. Also, my grammar skills need work. Grammar skills, for me, are hard to understand. During the years at my high school, Chapelle, I never actually understood when it is truly appropriate to use a comma. I sometimes use commas whenever I feel there is a pause, which is not necessarily right. In addition, I want to be able to do a better job of expressing what I want to say. I know what I want to say in my thoughts, but my thoughts sometimes do not make sense on paper. The work either does not make sense or it does not sound interesting. Most of the time my work sounds very straight forward, and I would like to learn how to pull a reader in.
My goal is that I wish to just be a better writer and feel prepared for college writing. I want to have all my weaknesses to become strengths. If I were able to change my weaknesses to strengths, I would feel safe and confident. I am scared that I am not up to par, and I will fail my essays or easy writing assignments. I have heard so many scary stories from my college friends of writing essays in college or on finals. Obviously, their words are not helping me stay calm. I just need help strengthening my basic knowledge so that I can become a better writer.
I want to be able to put my mind at ease with the help of this class. Starting with the basics of writing is not boring or stupid to me. This course, I feel, will help me calm down enough to organize my thoughts, correct my grammar usage, and just be at ease when I write. I do not think a little bit of review could hurt anyone.
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