"Writing Through Snapshots"

believe that one of the biggest impacts for growth is not only by experiencing challenges ourselves, but by also seeing the other people around us take the same challenges, and overcome them in a different way. It shows us different techniques and styles that can give us new ideas that we may have never thought of on our own.

 

In the beginning of the semester, I felt that I had a strong understanding of writing and the elements that take part in it. I saw myself as an advocate of understanding for various types of literacies and genres. However, over the course of the past few months, I have learned that there is much more about writing that there is to learn. I feel that this class has given me insight to what can still be learned and understood to help me become a better writer and to better understand literacies that I come into contact with.

 

By being able to see other people’s writings- from famous writers to even my peers- I was able to see the same idea in different angles and perspectives. Each person was able to take the same simple thought, and expand it to different viewpoints. When responding to a prompt or idea, we usually only see the prompt in the way we perceived it. However, by seeing other writings, my understanding of critical thinking and thought process broadened.

 

Peer editing showed me new ways to express myself. My peers were able to show me where I was both strong in my writing and in what areas I needed improvement. By listening to different suggestions and reading how they expressed themselves in their writing, I was able to take out different techniques that could help me later on in my writings. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. However, I think that if the picture were past around it would be worth an infinite amount, because with each new person that views a piece, comes a new idea.

 

Something that I struggled with was writing and expanding about my opinion. Many of our writings this semester were based off of how we felt about a certain topic. We had to connect ourselves with other writings and tell what emotions and thoughts we pulled from the piece. Prior to this semester, many of my writings were based off of fact and information. They lacked any sort of emotion or personal opinion from the writer.

 

In the beginning of the semester, I felt that I had a strong understanding of writing and the elements that take part in it. I saw myself as an advocate of understanding for various types of literacies and genres. However, over the course of the past few months, I have learned that there is much more about writing that there is to learn. I feel that this class has given me insight to what can still be learned and understood to help me become a better writer and to better understand different forms of writing that I come into contact with.

 

By expanding our understanding of different styles and tools of writing, we can better express ourselves and construct our thoughts in a way that fully delivers our emotions, thoughts, and ideas.