For this class, I have many different goals for myself as a writer. The reason for taking this class is to improve my confidence in my writing, which would mean that I need to work on my writing skills.
I need to work on my thoughtfulness when I'm writing any kind of given piece, something that I do sometimes, but not always like I should. Not only do I need to express and interest in a topic that I’m writing about, I need to be able to list facts that can help prove a point I’m trying to make. One way of making sure that I show a true interest and capture a reader is to try and imagine what I would think if I were somebody else reading my piece; if I find it uninteresting, chances are everyone else will. Working on my voice is a skill that can be extremely useful when it comes to my writing. If I were to be able to change my writing based on the emotions that I want to portray in my work, it can help capture the reader into wanting to read my work.
The other area that I believe I need to work in is variety. I’m a very straight-forward person, which can make everything I write become similar and blend into one. I also rely too much on my life experience. I use soccer as a topic on multiple pieces and that makes what I’m writing about seem boring and not unique. Ways that I can fix this is to try and write a short little story on a different genre three times a week. One day I’ll write something that is a comedy, then maybe a horror/terror type story and then move on to romance. If I don’t practice different genres of writing, when it comes time that I don’t have a choice with what I’m writing about I won’t have any experience and my writing won’t be nearly as good as it could be.
I took this class to improve my writing skills and with focusing on what I believe I need to improve in will help me achieve those goals.
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