Reflective Essay: The Water Is Worth A Thousand Words

I really enjoyed this assignment because it is a subject that really hits home for me. It was a reflection paper and that is only fitting because, believe me, I have done a lot of reflecting! My writing is getting better, and I hope I am starting to find my voice, but it is still takes me a lot of work and re-writes to get to the point of an acceptable polished draft. It is not that I mind the work. It is that I am sure that it should not be quite that much work. When I hear of how fast “real writers” put out their work, it makes me wonder if I should be much quicker. The problem for me seems to be that even though I get my ideas quickly, and they flow easily at first, it becomes a labor of love as I pick apart, rewrite, and try to
I tried to use a lot of the vocabulary words whenever possible. Once again though, it was hard for me to write with any brevity about something that I feel strongly about and want to defend to the best of my ability. This was, however, the shortest paper that I have written in some time. So hopefully, I am gaining some ground pertaining to the aspect of my writing. Here is an example. Take my quote by Pat Conroy from The Water is Wide. I felt that to accurately convey how he paints a picture with words, I had to include enough of his writing style to do it justice. I don’t know how else I could have conveyed that message. I don’t know. Tell me how you think I did and please give me some much needed insight into my style. I am going to try to be even more brief on the next reflection paper. But like I stated in my last letter; I work very hard to develop my ideas, and I feel an attachment to them. I don’t want to lose any of the strength of what I am trying to say in the revising process. Let me know what you think, and I am grateful for your input and taking the time to assist me in developing a style of my