Courage to Change
So, I'm currently writing my essay for U.S. History. The essay requires the analysis of a theme in a biography about Eleanor Roosevelt. I'm actually somewhat enjoying writing this paper, a huge change from my current stance on writing. Last session, I had a government paper to write. Unfortunately, I had both a negative psychological and a negative physiological response to writing it. I couldn't bring myself to do it until the night before (it was unfortunatley a research paper), and I felt nauseous the entire time. This time, I am trying to change my outlook.
I have no idea what happened to me. I used to be a good writer, or at least I thought so. As Carrie on Sex and the City would write, "I couldn't help but wonder..." did becoming a Plan II student take the fun out of writing? I used to love writing until all my professors became increasingly picky about small details and made me feel like a failure. As a pisces, it is said that I don't take criticism well. Possibly, my mind developed a psychological response to this situation telling me to fear writing. Or maybe, I demand unattainable perfection even in my writing.
Out of all my teachers, only a few have helped developed my writing. Most have not taught how to write, but have only graded work. I am thankful for one teacher who actually went through the mechanics of writing. His ideas will forever impact me. He claimed writing was the art of wordsmithing and I completely agree.
Writing is an art. Maybe, I have begin to appreciate writing again remembering this view. I have begun to compare word choice to fabric choice and even idea selection to song selection. For example, my problem has always been I have an abundance of ideas resulting in a poorly focused essay. Just like Beyonce who writes many songs and chooses a few to put into her album, I am learning to do this in my essays, giving them greater focus.
I have actually just replied to an e-mail about writing a blog for the BBA Career Services. I truly hope this will renew my interest in writing. It is important to me to possess a good control of language and communicate effectively.
Thanks for reading. I hope you all are having a great summer.
I have no idea what happened to me. I used to be a good writer, or at least I thought so. As Carrie on Sex and the City would write, "I couldn't help but wonder..." did becoming a Plan II student take the fun out of writing? I used to love writing until all my professors became increasingly picky about small details and made me feel like a failure. As a pisces, it is said that I don't take criticism well. Possibly, my mind developed a psychological response to this situation telling me to fear writing. Or maybe, I demand unattainable perfection even in my writing.
Out of all my teachers, only a few have helped developed my writing. Most have not taught how to write, but have only graded work. I am thankful for one teacher who actually went through the mechanics of writing. His ideas will forever impact me. He claimed writing was the art of wordsmithing and I completely agree.
Writing is an art. Maybe, I have begin to appreciate writing again remembering this view. I have begun to compare word choice to fabric choice and even idea selection to song selection. For example, my problem has always been I have an abundance of ideas resulting in a poorly focused essay. Just like Beyonce who writes many songs and chooses a few to put into her album, I am learning to do this in my essays, giving them greater focus.
I have actually just replied to an e-mail about writing a blog for the BBA Career Services. I truly hope this will renew my interest in writing. It is important to me to possess a good control of language and communicate effectively.
Thanks for reading. I hope you all are having a great summer.