Introduction

When the question, “what is writing?” comes up, there is usually more than one answer, but in reality, writing can be anything the author wants it to be. It can be an epic adventure to far away lands or a narrative of the history of the panda bear. Writing is whatever the author wants to do with his or her words, ideas, and passions. All writings are unique because of the different styles that every author uses. Personally, I am a better author when my work can be done in an informal manner; I do not see a need to make things sound fancy and proper. In my opinion, society as a whole has pretty shitty grammar. For example, do you know how many people probably do not know the difference between their and there? I have encountered so many college students that still cannot tell when the appropriate time to use there or their. I like to write as if I was talking to the reader in person; as if what I am writing is not a prompt or a midterm, but rather a story or a conversation I was having with the person. So, personally, these three pieces are my favorite; they are stories from my past, not just random prompts I had to complete.

            The three pieces I chose are the description of my writing history throughout my writing career. I start with an encounter with some weird kids one summer and a wonderful paper for a hardcore republican, then journey to my junior and the writing advice I received from my English teacher that I used to kick ass that quarter, and finally, my childhood memory of destruction and action. I did not choose them because they were good or well written or easy to proofread or something; I chose them because it was easy to write something. For me, this is not a normal thing; writing has always been a struggle. I never sat down to write a paper and felt confidence in my ability to finish my assignment quickly; writing is not and has never been that natural for me. These pieces were different; for starters, I was able to finish them all relatively quickly and I enjoyed writing them. I think that it was so easy because I felt like the audience could enjoy or relate to my pieces. Although I enjoyed writing these and I personally think they are good, they could use some work. By no means are they perfect; there are probably grammatical errors or sentences that are awkwardly written, but that is what I am trying to work on in this class. I normally write something and then never return back to it; I normally would never go back to re-read it or make any type of edits. I never saw the point of trying to make my writing perfect, I mean it is not something that could go in a newspaper or win a Pulitzer, but I kind of realized my work deserves to be reread. I wrote excerpts from my life and I felt as if I did something different with them, I felt more passionate about my work. I think that that is the most important part of writing, being proud of something that you have written. And for one of the few times in my life, I really am proud at what I wrote.