Theory of Writing

 

When I sit down and begin a task, I emerge myself into the world of the topic. Whether it’s a formal or unformal piece, a lot can be seen and heard with our power of imagination. Using emotions, I feel like you can really hook in a reader/audience and make them think more about the topic at hand, this is exactly how I began to develop my ideals. I ask myself, “what do I want to trigger in people?” And with that, I sail away into the process of writing. Word after word, idea after idea I jot down as many things as I can until I can fully develop an understanding about my topic. Once that is complete, organization came into play. Before I even knew it, I have a “well” scripted piece of writing at my disposal ready to be printed and handed in.

Unfortunately, it didn’t always start off like that. When I came into this class I thought I knew most things about the process of writing. I came from a background of taking all Advanced Placement English courses in High School, but of course that didn’t mean I was an expert. In fact, I don’t know how I was able to get into those classes. I never really considered myself a good writer to begin with but still, I merely got by through pure dedication and determination, and the fact that my High School teacher didn’t accept our essay’s if they didn’t fit her liking. This caused a lot of rewriting, reformatting, and a lot of reprinting. With time I believe I got better, started to understand the prompts better. But I still had a few personal issues here and there that prevented me from writing.

For starters, I was always an impatient person. Sitting still and just thinking was always a difficult thing for me to do. I had this annoying habit of always wanted to play with something on my hands if I’m doing nothing but sit, so that caused a problem in trying to focus. If I saw a pencil within reach I would grab it and flip it around my finger, if I saw an eraser I would always tap it, and if I was on the computer I would always fidget around with the mouse. Not only that but with little focus also came in the focusing on other things. I am one of those people that when they need to focus and write, they need the room to be silent. If I heard a tad bit of noise I would completely stop what I am doing and direct all my attention to that source. Because of those reasons, the starting line of writing was always a tough one for me.

Starting a piece of writing was always a challenge for me no matter what distractions are around me. I always felt pressured by the introductions, one of the most important things about your work. I remember always being told to hook my audience, while at the same time keeping consistency in what I am talking about and letting the reader know what my work is going to be about. For some unknown reason, this was completely and utterly complex to do. I either got frightened by the prompt or stuck and couldn’t really understand the context behind it. If that wasn’t the case, then it was me not being able to come up with a thorough and concrete idea that can fetch the interest in not only the readers, but to myself. What I did to counter act these obstacles was to look for inspiration online. I felt that if I could at least be inspired, and motivated to do something great then I would be able to do so. I end up searching all over reaching from news articles, magazines, and even asking for advice.

Finally, like many great writers, I also experience a bad case of writer’s block. I feel that when I ramble on too much and write all my great ideas all at once, I don’t give my papers enough distribution of said ideas. I deal with the issue of organization, and I feel that no matter how much better I become, that it will always be an issue for me. Before, I said I do plan about the steps I am going to take for my writing, but the execution of said steps are what I don’t succeed in. Because I don’t end up correctly organizing my ideas. One thing that has helped me a lot in the process of organization is that instead of just rambling from point A to point B, is to stop and jot down more central ideas about the topic. See if I can branch out more coinherited opportunities for my sentences.

In the end, I’ve always struggled with writing. Even though I wasn’t the best I’ve always tried my best and had many things to help me along the way. One of the best things that have helped me concentrate and right a good piece was some relaxing jazz, but that’s beside the point. As far as writing goes,  I always felt I was never good enough because of how slow I write, or how messy I can be but, I learned that it doesn’t matter how fast you are, or how fancy and smart you can sound, if you follow the prompt, and fully state and answer what you really need to do, then you have a successful piece right in front of you.