It's coming along...

This week this class has taken away my fear. Yes, that’s right ladies and gentlemen I no longer fear essays…. As much. I love writing, but essays for some reason used to bring me a lot more paranoia.

Now when I heard about the essays I have coming up in my classes, I noticed that instead of freaking about the deadline or what the hell could I possibly say or how it’s going to be graded. Instead, I began to plan it in my head like, “how should the paragraphs be separated? What is the point I am trying to say? Is it a research paper?” It is such a relief. My English teacher senior year helped me get over this fear and this class has taken a little more away, who knows maybe by the end I won’t be afraid at all. How dandy would that be.

Also I loved the activity where we defined a term the way we felt necessary to prove a point, I thought it was very insightful because it’s so strange to see how many different concepts we can use to help out a piece of writing. I also think that that was the purpose of Thursday’s class to learn how even the smallest of details can help to make our writing piece better. We are really learning how to read like writers. Did you see what I did there?

I haven’t chosen a topic for the paper quite yet, but in all honesty I already feel more prepared and confident about this essay. Actually seeing your improvement and progress is one of my favorite things in the world, it’s pretty exciting. I know this is essay will be challenging, but simply noticing how I am not freaking out about it as much as I would of a couple months ago gives me a lot of hope.

I also think this class is helping my non-academic, personal writing. I have noticed that in my little excerpts and free verses that I pay a lot more close attention to detail and it’s not even elaborating deeper into it, it’s more like just knowing what needs more detail. Where would details be most effective? Which is so great because I feel like I am actually letting out my emotions more effectively.

So if you were to ask me “Hey Amy, how’s your life concerning writing going?” I would say “It’s better than ever, thank you for asking!”