I start my blog today by saying I have in no way reached my potential as a writer. I believe that we all can relate to this statement, but English 103 with Jennifer has definitely put me on the right path. I believe that I have written in this class more than I have in all of the courses I have taken combined. What I learned is the only why to be a good writer is through repetition.
Writing can sometimes be a difficult process. The blog takes away some of the pressure of writing. The blogs that we write allow us to create without the boundaries of thesis statements or MLA formatting. This form of free writing allows you to be creative. It has enhanced my writing because it captures the flow of thoughts similar to the way they come to you. I must say that is one of the parts of the class I actually enjoy.
The ability to receive comments from your peer on your blog is awesome. I like to know that my writing is effective and captivating. When you receive a comment it lets you know that you blog sparked an interest in someone, that is much more gratifying than the professor which is paid to read your writing commenting. The feature of comment excels your righting because it makes you strive to create writing that excites the reader.
I was having a talk with one of my friends about the blogs we write, he was amazed that sometime we have to create blogs as a response to only a couple of sentence. I believe this is the most challenge, yet valuable part of the blog. It teaches you how to expand upon ideas that you would usually express in a paragraph. Expanding on these ideas makes you a better writer because you create a better understanding between you and your audience.
Thinking critically is a vital part of writing. The subjects addressed in our blogs are always force you to take a second and third look, not only at the subjects but also at your attitude towards them. One of the essays we read talked about writing not to express, but to understand how you feel about a subject. This is the essence of what blogs and this entire class allows us to do.
Blogs capture the emotion of writing. If you wanted to compare blogs to a form of speaking, it has a lot of the aspects of standing on the front porch having a conversation with friends. Blogs are where you bounce ideas, and create your attitudes about a subject. You do not have to establish your argument and stand on it throughout the entire writing. It allows an openness to waver from you feeling on a subject and explore.
Blogging is a helpful tool in becoming a better writer. I hope that some of my future classes will include a blog and allow me to express my though and feeling through this way.
First off I like to thank you for commenting on my blog the way that you did. I may just have to steal your method of focusing on a thesis for a paper. I normally just have someone peer review my paper now a days after some harsh responses from our teacher. I appreciate that our teacher never really sugar coats any of our papers and gets straight to the point for the most part.
ReplyDeleteThe whole writing repetition comment you made about this class having is most definitely true. I have never had to write so much before in my life and in this amount to boot as well. I suppose that our teacher goes by the saying, “practice makes perfect”, almost religiously. There hasn’t been a week where she has really given us a break from writing. The only thing I dislike about the class is the amount of essays we have to write back to back with almost no time to take a breather in between. I am glad that the blogs are here for us to stretch our muscles a bit and have some free reign over what we can write. By having us put in weekly entries and blog comments it helps us get more experience in without having to worry about structure too much.