bval1988

Personal Reflection

    Oh boy. To be totally honest, I was absolutely terrified of this class in the beginning of the semester. To be in a room full of other AWESOME-O writers, there was no way I would come out alive. I mean, seriously, my crappy writing would never compete with the big dogs. However, as the semester went on, I got a little bit of what you would call CONFIDENCE-O (I just added the -O for kicks). I have never been able to say, "That is truly awesome," because I am horribly self-consciounce. But, by doing workshopping my essays with other writers, I learned how to take criticism constructively, and not as personal attacks. I realized that these people didn't think (I hope!) my writing sucked, and that they were there to help me. I think I have definitely developed as a writer because I am definitely alot more confident about my writing. In the beginning of the semester, I hid behind the veil of flowery, over-the-top words. Now, I feel confident enough to write anything using my OWN voice. Not only that, I feel confident enough that I am not scared to share my writing with others. This course has been really great developing my voice as a writer.