Writing 101 Reflection

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Throughout this second semester I’ve come to realize the things that have changed since I started Writing 101, wondering if my writing has improved. Now I can come to terms with the fact that my writing has defiantly improved not only with becoming more confident with my papers but the growth I’ve had by opening up to fellow students, taking suggestions and having someone point out the mistakes I’ve made. When handing it in, I knew I wanted to revise the OP-ED. My computer had crashed a few nights before it being due. Going into the library and finishing it, with all new material I was not happy with. Revising this paper I took more of my opinion into play. A small revision I did was on my place essay, I added a specific event to catch more …show more content…
Before this class I was scared to let others read my writing. Coming to terms with this in college that without acknowledging your mistakes you will fail to grow. This really applies to any part of life especially freshmen year, but in writing it’s necessary. Learning to accept the mistakes I would make like, run on sentences, sometimes not having a complete sentence, and writing whatever popped into my head with little or no organization technique. Throughout the semester I have improved. Wanting to know more and realizing what works through trial and error, I pushed myself out of my comfort and anxiety of criticism to improve what I had created and becoming truthfully a confident writer.
When I got to my place essay, I felt that my writing had improved. Even through I revised some of it and add an experience to it. This paper was my favorite because I was most confident with writing and sharing it. My place essay was my voice, purely from my experiences. I believe I had the confidence that I did from the practice of writing other papers before. The more you do the more you know. I got to see and try to understand where I lacked in my writing skills to improve. This semester especially I gained the confidence to work through problems I had been insecure