As I consider how to approach this case study of myself, something comes to mind. That something would be the fact that it’s always seems tough for me to begin writing. Once I get over that initial hump, it’s home free, or so it seems. I guess the reality of it is that my whole writing style is flawed. The beginning, the middle, the end, and even the rules you have to follow. Of course, transitions are also another huge part of the writing process, and I tend to have a tough time making good transitions.
The beginning of my papers always seem to drag on to me, no matter how short they are. I feel like it’s good to put a lot of ideas into the opening. At the same time, I always tend to put useless information into the first paragraph of all my papers. Some of the sentences are awkward, and the transitions seem as if they take forever to get to. Further more, when I do cut things I always cut too much out. The best solution for having a strong paper, but still having enough to make the paper look legitimate, would be more information and research in the middle of the essays which is another problem.
The ideas are there in my head. The problem I have is getting them down on paper. When I do get good ideas down on paper, I tend to support them too little. The quickest fix for this problem would, of course be, to do better research. Hopefully, English 111 will help me to figure out how to do that. The biggest reason for not receiving an A in the class would be the fact that the papers didn’t have enough research and support. That is most likely the biggest problem I have. Compared to this the ending is just like the beginning of my papers.
The ending of the paper is supposed to be the easiest. It’s supposed to be a restatement of the first paragraph (or opening paragraphs). Whoever coined this simple concept must have written the worst writer in history. Of course, I’m kidding about that. That concept is much easier said than done in my case. I could tell a hundred people about this idea, but I couldn’t give them an example of my own. I can do it, but not in a way that doesn’t make my closing sound monotonous with the opening. Then there is the issue of lack of information in the closing, but that’s not a huge deal. At least that’s what I’ve been told.
One of my biggest issues in writing is those pesky “never never” rules. When I follow those rules, I have a tough time reading my own papers. They never seem to be too interesting because it doesn’t seem like the way I would say it if I were speaking. That’s how I like my papers to look, as if I was speaking it naturally. Those rules throw off my grove and the nature of my grammar. It would be different if I didn’t speak very well, but that’s not the case with me. If we could be taught these rules, but given some leeway in breaking them that would make my writing that much better.
This is a rough look at how I write. Of course, now as I finish out this entry you are going to see if it’s as monotonous as I claim. The use of “I” was used a lot here, and that is one of the “never never” rules. Now that I have analyzed myself, I realize that most of the things said are true. Even in this paper. All I have to do now is ask myself, what’s necessary for change at this point?
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This is very interesting, Dan. We have our work cut out for us this semester. (I like the challenge.) I'm going to turn some of those "never never" rules right over on their heads as we'll reconsider and redefine rules based on the needs and expectations of the audience.
ReplyDeleteFun!