Writing Experiences & Goals

Writing has been and still is an important part of my life. My writing skills have improved and developed more and more as I got older. I used to hate writing essays and poems. It would usually turn out boring, and honestly, I'm not that creative. Then I began to notice my flair for writing in the 8th grade. One of the best writing pieces I have ever done and was proud of was an essay about life and growing up. My weak point in writing is organizing my thoughts. The reason for that is because I write whatever comes to my mind, and then I have a hard time trying to fit it into my essay. I hope to improve that over the school year. Writing has made a big difference in my life because now I can easily express my feelings and thoughts.

My goals this school year are to understand the 6 traits of writing more fully. I want my writing to be more effective so that it would capture the reader's attention from beginning to end. Another goal that I would like to fulfill is the ability to come up with good ideas to write about. Also, I want to improve my weak areas in writing, specifically organization.