Writing Reflection

What is your favorite subject in school? Mine sure isn't language arts. Writing is never the interesting subject in school that I look forward to in school. I enjoy all the other subjects, like math and science. They are fun to learn. Language arts take days, or weeks even, to complete. All the process, like writing, drafting and editing, takes time and effort. The process was already tiring.

I am not the best writer. In the beginning, all my writing doesn't sound nice or flow at all. The structure was really messy. My introduction didn't stand out or grab the reader’s attention at all. It was just like another body paragraph, boring. I just couldn't fit in synonyms for a lame word. For example, I used the word “good”. I could have used some other words like “amazing” or “fascinating”, but no. I wrote essays and narratives that weren't descriptive enough. Adjectives weren’t used properly or not at all. I had wrong grammar everywhere, in dialogues or in normal sentences. I wasn't a great writer when I started off!

Now, I’ve learned many of the skills needed, both in school and with Ms. Reyna. They are really helping me. My paragraphs flow and sound better because of my choice of adjectives or verbs. I now put them in the right place and at the right time. I know how to explode a moment or paragraph, making more exciting. I keep reading books now and learning new vocabularies so I can easily squeeze in a few “wow words”. My grammar had improved a lot in the past few months. I learned how to punctuate dialogues and sentences with Ms. Reyna as well as in school. My paragraphs and sentences vary in length. They are more descriptive. My introduction can hook the reader’s attention and hypnotizing into reading my writing. I can see myself improving in a bat of an eye!

Though my writings are decent now, I would still like to improve. I want to be the best writer that I could be. I would like to, besides using adjectives and verbs, use figure of speech. Similes, metaphors and idioms would be great to put in a piece of writing. They would make the writing sound a lot better. I would still like to improve on grammar. I still get mixed up sometimes, and not being able to make the best out of my writing. The last thing I would like to improve isn’t actually writing. It’s reading. I like reading, but couldn’t find enough time. It would benefit my writing, allowing me to use bigger words.

I still want to achieve more, but I am currently happy with my writing pieces. I can feel myself improving. Looking at my old pieces and comparing them to my recent ones, I can see the changes in ever single way.