I've never really thought of myself as a great writer when it comes to essays or research papers; however, I love to write songs. So if we're talking about any form of writing, as far as my strengths go, I would say songwriting is one of them. I had a great opportunity to write with an award-winning songwriter in Nashville one summer, so I love to write songs. Also, I would say I know grammar pretty well. I had a teacher in eighth grade who would make us dissect sentences. I don't know why, but I always found it kind of fun, so I guess it just stuck with me all these years.
Contrary to my strengths, there are my weaknesses. I feel less confident about my pre-writing organization skills. I guess I feel like I have so much to say in my head that it just gets really jumbled up on paper. I have so many ideas that I just get confused on where would be the best place to put them in the paragraph and how I want my writing to impact the reader. Also, I have issues with spelling. I always have, and I always will. It's just something I've decided to accept, plus there's spell check, so that's good.
My four goals I'd like to achieve by the end of the semester are improving my organization skills, my spelling, my vocabulary, and my thesis structures. If and when I achieve these goals, I will feel self-accomplished and more confident in my writing abilities.
My four goals I'd like to achieve by the end of the semester are improving my organization skills, my spelling, my vocabulary, and my thesis structures. If and when I achieve these goals, I will feel self-accomplished and more confident in my writing abilities.
I'm a terrible speller too! My spelling problems often come out when I'm writing on the board, which is not so good for my credibility. I believe spelling, though, uses a different part of the brain than, say, organization or paragraph development.
ReplyDeleteAside from vocabulary, we'll be working on the goals you mentioned. You can build your vocabulary by reading anything and everything.