Personal Narrative: My Growth As A Writer

Writing has always been a method of communication throughout human history. Whether or not someone is considered a 'good' writer or not is often a matter of opinion, as the rules change for what makes a good story every day. Even those who may not write well have the power of communication in their hands. While most authors want to create a story that enraptures an audience, this power is developed over time and shows that everyone has the ability to write. Over the course of this term, both I and my classmates have developed our skills in order to prepare for the future and become better writers overall. Three things to consider about this semester is how I personally grew as a writer, what I have learned as a writer, and how I hope to develop
I enjoyed writing for myself but feared that others would think of my discussion mindless and heavy-handed, especially when it came to sentence flow. Though I was confident in the material, I had a much harder time putting my thoughts into words, and preferred elaborating on the back story instead of focusing on the issues. During the semester, the class had an opportunity to review excerpts by many writers from different backgrounds, which provided opportunity to analyze and adapt their works into a style that's more intrinsically focused for the reader. In my very first essay of the class, "Literacy: The Actual Building Block of Life", which focused on how literacy is affected by culture and background, I mentioned that "by reading each of the author's explorations into the issue of literacy, one is able to understand that language extends much further than just being words on paper". But having to studying summarize these insights into radically different upbringing, I was able to see how my own style changed due to the way I grew up. Although I had studied the rules of writing and tools for literature previously, it's easy to forget which punctuation goes where and for what reason. What mattered in this class and what was not hard to forget was the message behind the stories. Which allows me to look back and see as I grow, that I will also always be learning no matter my age or
Reflections on the self are difficult to create, since most individuals don't spend time enveloped in intrinsic contemplation. Assessment of personal skills is a difficult task usually, however, when reviewing past work it is much more obvious to see just how much one has changed and grown over such a short period of time. Despite only having a couple weeks with this material, I know that what I have learned here will stay with me and allow me to continue to better myself and to keep working on my