Personal Narrative: What I Learned In My Writing Class

When I started this class, I thought it would be easy. Writing is one thing I have always done quite well, and I thought I did not have anything else to improve upon. I was wrong. In the beginning of this class we were told to set goals for ourselves; however, my goals manifested in earnest after my completion of the first paper. After the Arguing a position paper, it became quite clear that my time management skills were sorely insufficient. I found myself with three pages to write in under three hours. Suffice to say that those hours were very frantic. Consequently, due to my complete lack of fortitude, my paper came out with a variety of mistakes. Forgetting to put a comma, citations not done properly ect. these mistakes would have been easily preventable if only I had slowed down and had someone else read through my paper. I also found myself struggling to find reliable sources …show more content…
I believe my most impressive strength is my writing coherence and syntax, and while it was not an area that I needed to put massive amounts of effort in, there was no reason as to why I could not learn a few new techniques. For example, I started using semicolons before using however as a conjunction. On the other hand, grammar and punctuation are areas that needed a little improvement. In that regard, the program Paper Rater has become my best friend. Paper Rater is a website that you can plug your paper into, and it catches the smallest of grammar and punctuation mistakes. From using this website, I have obtained a better understanding of when and where to use commas. I was under the impression that a comma must be followed by a conjunction or it would be incorrect. I have discovered that there are many exceptions to the rule. Until I have a complete understanding of grammar, I have discovered ways to ensure that my errors are corrected. Now that I am now able to