I Never Considered Myself A Bad Writer - 1021 Words

I never considered myself a bad writer. Not to say that I am an expert writer either. Rather, I was good at looking at a prompt and filling in the requirements for an essay and getting a good grade. It was as though in high school my writing barely scratched the surface of the topic that was assigned. I looked at the text and took it only at face value, not considering deeper motivations and meanings behind the work. In the AP English Language and Composition class I took in my senior year of high school, my teacher told us how difficult and menacing college essays would prove to be. As and Bs would be incredibly hard to achieve, and in order to do well in a college English class, we would have to overhaul our writing styles and†¦show more content†¦Weeks passed, and as the due date approached, I came to realize how shallow my ideas really were. After an independent conference with my professor, she told me once again to push deeper and exert myself into finding the true mea ning and intent behind the poems. For the first time in a while, I sat down and read through the poems slowly. I took my time. I did not rush myself, but rather explored the poems line-by-line. I made sure that I actively read and took notes, questioning certain choices in writing style and dissecting it. It was during this project that I came to realize the value of simply slowing down. Previously I had darted through essays and was able to scrape by with a good grade. This new environment showed me that good writing and analysis is the result of delving upon ideas, not avoiding them. In my biography I referenced that it is the small things that influence a person and become revealed through their character. Writing is very much the same way. Though writings may seem lackluster and un-inspirational, there are almost always circumstances and deeper meanings behind an author s work that influence their decision in the writing process. Once I contextualized the content and examined the circumstances that influenced their poems, they became immensely more interesting. I have included my poetry