Reflective Essay: What I Learned In My Writing Class

One of my true struggles in life, was writing. I was very nervous about starting this class. In high school I had straight A’s in every class except, English. English class was always a struggle for me growing up. My brake through was my senior year. I had a great teacher that took her time to guide me in the right direction. What she taught me helped me with getting through this course. This course was still very difficult for me but still enjoyable. The most difficult part for me was writing the self in context essay. It was the first essay making it hard to write. The hardest part about it, was writing about my father. It was difficult for me to write while I was emotional. I feel writing while I was emotional made my essay strong. Writing the essay about my father also helped me with my
For some reason I found the reportage essay easier for me to write. At first I found myself irritated with the fact I had to get out of my comfort zone and go to an event. Once I arrived at the event I picked I was thankful because I was getting involved with my community. I feel like going to the event was the most difficult part for me. I’m a quit person making things hard. I was forced to step out of my comfort zone and open up to other people. When I sat down to write my paper I felt more confident in myself. Having confidents helped me write my paper better and stronger. I’m very thankful that every essay I wrote in this class has helped me. I enjoyed that these three papers were able to make me a stronger writer. The self in context essay I was able to learn how to express my emotions in writing. Most importantly writing the essay I realized that I have been keeping my emotions hidden. The lyrical essay got me to start thinking about writing poems again. Lastly the reportage essay forced me to step out of my comfort zone and have some fun. I am very thankful for this