Blog 6

I still remember that in the begging of this term, I made a goal for myself. Actually, in that time, I was so confused. Yes, I can’t understand why we need to make a goal for ourself, for writing class?To be honest, in my opinions, writing just means writing, just like “putting pen to paper” or “typing ideas into a computer.” Which means we just needed to writing essay, paper…nothing fun, nothing interesting, nothing excited. It’s really a boring stuff. So, I wrote down some boring goal; just common mistake, like grammar mistakes,spelling wrong or something like I wanted to  improve my writing skills. 

However, I don’t know why these days when I go to bed, I was thinking about the question like that “What makes good writing?” or “What makes someone a good writer?” Actually, I felt so surprise about that, because I never thinking about the academic question when I go to bed. True! 

Finally, I got a result. I think writing is like a liner.

 Why I say that? In order to communicate effectively, we need to order our words and ideas on the page in ways that make sense to a reader. Like I mentioned in blog 5. Sometimes, when I was writing my own essays, I may not be able to catch the mistakes that are obvious to other readers. Also, since I had the tendency to revise my writing several times, I may thought a section was perfect when in actuality it does not flow with the rest of the essay. Which means what may make sense to me may not necessarily make sense for someone else.  

As we’ve all experienced, our ideas do not necessarily arise in a linear form. We may have a scattering of related ideas, a hunch that something feels true, or some other sense that an idea is “right” before we have worked out the details. It is often through the act of writing that we begin to create the logical relationships that develop the idea into something that someone else may receive and perhaps find interesting. The process of putting ideas into words and arranging them for a reader helps us to see, create, and explore new connections. So not only does a writer need to “have” ideas, but the writer also has to put them in linear form, to “write” them for a reader, in order for those ideas to be meaningful. As a result, when we are writing, we often try to immediately fit our choices into linear structures.

To be honest, I was not good at writing. I still have many different kind of problems when I was writing. But, with the continues practicing, I found that I improved a lot. At least, I felt more confident than before. In the entire day, I think I may need to make a new goal for myself. Which is write a good essay, not just write a essay.  

Finally, I hope I could improve my writing skills and achieve my goal in the end of this year.  

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( By the way, I really like your teaching style, it was really interesting and I learnt a lot in your class. Thank you for your patient.)