Lucas Newby
Ms. Kelly Anthony
SU15-Eng 101-W03
17 July 2015
Fluency Blog Reflection
Who would have ever
thought that I'd be a blogger...sure not me...and, I'm not sure you
could say I'm a good blogger but, I have really enjoyed the
experience.
In our first lessons of the
semester we were asked to create a blog in which we would make daily
post for twenty four days in order to practice our fluency writing
skills. Unfortunately with my work schedule and all of our other
assignments, I didn't meet this goal; however, I did put forth an
honest effort and found it to be a really good way to practice
putting thoughts and words onto “paper” and improving my writing
skills. I wish I would have had more time, because I honestly feel I
cheated myself, and possibly others, who knows, because I didn't put
as much value into this as I did my other assignments. I actually
spent more time reading the other blogs trying to get ideas to write
about, but I just wanted to get it done so I could get the rest of my
assignments finished. Twenty, twenty hindsight, but maybe this blog
spot is a place that I can continue to practice. It's a good idea, so
I guess time will tell if I come back to it once we are done. I think
I probably will.
As I reread from my first posts,
some I am more proud of than others. I do see an improvement in
structure, grammar, punctuation, and even spelling (although I have
to give spell check a LOT of credit on that...THANK YOU Spell
Check!). I have learned though, slow down, ( which is really hard
for me), sort through my thoughts(again a challenge at times), find
the structure and apply it to my writing, then, finally, edit and
revise as needed. I've also learned you WILL have “Shit”
drafts(sometimes more than one) before the final writing is
completed. While I am a far cry from being a master writer, and most
likely never will be, I do know now my essays and papers in the
future will be substantially better than they were before this
assignment and this class. The experience has definitely built some
confidence in myself and what I am capable of doing.
I have read MANY of the other
blog posts written by my classmates, as well as from the other class;
some of which have inspired me, made me laugh, taught me lessons and
stirred my emotions. I have flagged a few individuals hoping that
they might continue their blogs even after the semester is over,
because I think we have some really talented writers among us, who,
in my opinion, have the potential to go far should they decide to
pursue that path at some point of their journey. It has made me
wonder what those who have read mine have thought. I hope they didn't
think to themselves, poor guy, he'll never be a writer. Maybe not,
but I'm a lot better than I was before Ms. A. gave us this
opportunity. A big THANK YOU goes out to Ms. A for making this such
an interesting class.
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