As a writer, I feel I’ve done a complete 180 since enrolling
and participating in this course. Before, I could say that I was a writer who
had trouble making all of my ideas flow and connect not only to each other but
also to the thesis of the paper. However, now I feel like making the ideas
connect or making them concise comes easier, but now finding an idea strong
enough to support a whole paper is the primary issue. For instance, with the
research paper/proposal, finding a topic that I could enjoy writing about,
write a lot about, and find enough research on was the worst. I couldn’t find
an interesting topic or just something I could elaborate on and it took perhaps
two or three drafts/workshops for me to end up with the topic I decided.
I think this sums it up though...at least my emotion at the time.
But, surprisingly, I still feel stronger as a writer,
especially when it comes to self-revisions and the sort. I’m able to find my
own mishaps when writing, which originally I was unable to do beforehand.
Additionally, I don’t know if this is just me, but I feel as though I’ve become
a “slow” writer. By this I mean that it takes me longer to write an essay,
paragraph, etc. because I’m now very critical of myself. Almost to the point
where I can’t move on because I’m too focused on revising a statement when I’m
still on the intro of a 5-10 page paper.