WRI 1050: My Writing Process
WRI 1050 English Fundamentals for me was a turning point in finding out more of myself as a writer as well as the do’s and don’ts of college writing. This writing course has contributed and enhanced my writing process. It gave me new tools to add in my arsenal, and helped me get rid of old bad writing beliefs as well as habits that I’ve picked up from other students. In high school, students would try to impress their teacher with unnecessary complex words and sentences, which could sometimes take away the message that they were trying to convey. Our mentality was that the bigger and the more complex the words are, the better. It was not so when I got to WRI 1050. I soon learned that using big words and complex sentences meant nothing if the essay lacked a strong content. I remember when I would get an essay assignment in high school. My writing process consisted of only one draft, and no audience to read my essay to give any feedbacks. It would take me a really long time to get
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WRI 1050 helped me get rid of my writer’s block by teaching me how to free-write. I think of it as a word vomit, writing anything that comes to mind about the topic. Basically a way for me to get my ideas down on paper no matter how messy and unorganized it may look and sound at first. This is how I beat writer’s block because I wasn’t spending my time thinking and judging what I had to write. As a result, streams of words and ideas came rushing, and there were words flowing continuously on my paper. Free-write enabled me to free myself from any expectations. I remember my first free-write. Words continually kept coming and I was no longer worried about not being able to reach the page requirement. Nothing mattered as long as words are being typed, which comforted me a lot and gave me fluidity in my
WRI 1050 helped me get rid of my writer’s block by teaching me how to free-write. I think of it as a word vomit, writing anything that comes to mind about the topic. Basically a way for me to get my ideas down on paper no matter how messy and unorganized it may look and sound at first. This is how I beat writer’s block because I wasn’t spending my time thinking and judging what I had to write. As a result, streams of words and ideas came rushing, and there were words flowing continuously on my paper. Free-write enabled me to free myself from any expectations. I remember my first free-write. Words continually kept coming and I was no longer worried about not being able to reach the page requirement. Nothing mattered as long as words are being typed, which comforted me a lot and gave me fluidity in my