Strength Of My Writing

Writing an essay has always been somewhat of a puzzle to me. I have only written four or five essays that required real thought and never did particularly well on any of them. To me, writing has been like a stream of consciousness from my mind to the page, not something to edit and perfect. The weaknesses of my writing out way the strengths, at least in my view. I have always been more of a reader, but I have had little practice with writing.
Reading was once a huge part of my life. I couldn’t read very well until second grade but it hooked me from then onward. I loved and still love fiction, fantasy, sci fi, and anything in between. My fanaticism for reading greatly diminished when my parents gave in and bought my brother and me an Xbox. …show more content…
I never felt that they required much effort on my part which has most definitely not helped me in the long run. The little revising I did do consisted of checking for spelling errors and repeated words. Also, I never did much to plan my papers; I just gathered some ideas and went from there. This lead to some of my previous writings seeming rather disjointed, although nowhere near incoherent. This is a point I hope to greatly improve upon.
Its hard for me to find any strengths in my writing because all I can see when I read my work is the flaws. I find it hard to to objectively analyze my own work because in a way I am picking myself apart. I would like to think that the ideas I present are clearly communicated and my sentence structure is not overly convoluted, but according to Pearson Writer my sentence structure is quite poor. I am optimistic that all my writing skills will improve after completing your class. In conclusion, I think of myself as an average writer with much room to improve. Writing has never been much of an interest of mine and certainly not a focus at my high school. My weaknesses out way the strengths of my