This week has been all about writing essays. While we have not have any formal talk on how the essay should actually be written, I have learned a lot about myself as a writer personally. It has been interesting to delve into how my own mind works to patch thoughts and sentences together into a cohesive essay. The first and most important thing that I learned about myself is that, when I write, I like to do it in as few drafts as possible. For example, writing my essay on the structural aspects of short stories in literature I used only one and a half drafts, and completed it all in two days. I say one and a half because I only wrote the meat of it out once, but then went back into it and changed some things around. I am not implying that it will not change any more, but where it is at the moment is about where it is going to be when it comes time to complete the project and submit the essays. Next, I noticed that I sometimes try to put too much into what I am writing. I become so engrossed in making sure that I answer every question that was asked that I add so much jargon that it becomes no longer followable. I have to actively take steps to avoid doing this in order to ensure that I submit only my best works. Finally, the last thing that I learned about myself as an essay writer is that I am impatient. Starting off is really, really hard for me to do. I feel very overwhelmed just staring at that blank document. Once I manage to get myself going, however, I really go. I spend probably half of the whole time it takes me to write the entire essay on the first one or two paragraphs. Conclusions are hard as well, but sometimes I can get them to just flow out naturally, so I do not usually worry about them. Overall, I will be glad when this week is over. No one likes to write essays, me included. I will be happy when this is all in the past, but grateful for the chance I received to learn more about my abilities and drawbacks as an author.
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