I recently had the pleasure, or lack thereof, of stumbling upon some of my old papers I wrote back in 8th grade that I still have saved on my hard drive. Now mind you, this isn't even very long ago, this stuff is from early 2007, after I got my current computer. I look at how much I've evolved in my writing in just two years, it's really quite astounding. Hell, even something from December 2007 is such a huge jump. I can probably really thank my English teacher last year, as we had to write a paper pretty much every week. Most of it was just a page or so, but it really helped me get ideas across more concisely than what I ever could have done before that. I might also thank forums to an extent, even though I really haven't posted on many. It's generally good practice for writing, and has probably improved my typing speed greatly.
And I consider myself a strong writer today, when I read other people's current stuff in school I silently laugh and think how much better mine is, and give them tips on how to improve their work. I think I've really developed an appreciation for the English language in the past year or so, and I find myself writing as much as I can. I love that feeling I get when I take something I wrote up, and play around with the sentences until I think "Wow, this is really good!"
I wish I knew where my old Power of the Pen stories were from 6th grade, because those were awful, I even knew it at the time. My creative writing sucks though, I've never gotten the hang of that.
Hmm, it seems I just kinda rambled on there, so contribute how you will. Talk about the evolution of your writing that you've seen since years ago, maybe someone helped you write better, post a small sample of something if you aren't too embarrassed, etc. Also how good of a writer are you today? Are you better with creative writing or something else?
Just talk about writing I suppose.
And I consider myself a strong writer today, when I read other people's current stuff in school I silently laugh and think how much better mine is, and give them tips on how to improve their work. I think I've really developed an appreciation for the English language in the past year or so, and I find myself writing as much as I can. I love that feeling I get when I take something I wrote up, and play around with the sentences until I think "Wow, this is really good!"
I wish I knew where my old Power of the Pen stories were from 6th grade, because those were awful, I even knew it at the time. My creative writing sucks though, I've never gotten the hang of that.
Hmm, it seems I just kinda rambled on there, so contribute how you will. Talk about the evolution of your writing that you've seen since years ago, maybe someone helped you write better, post a small sample of something if you aren't too embarrassed, etc. Also how good of a writer are you today? Are you better with creative writing or something else?
Just talk about writing I suppose.
