WP4

For WP4, I want you to REFLECT on your writing journey this semester and discuss what you’ve DISCOVERED, specifically, the ROLE WRITING has played in teaching you _________________________ about YOU. HOW? WHY?

Writing this semester about my intellectual journey and identity led to me thinking…

The Impact of “Idea-Driven” Writing

The most important moment in an educational experience for both learners and teachers alike is the fabled and classic “Aha!” moment. Known in a more technical context as the “Eureka Effect”, this is the moment we’ve all felt in school where a topic so inconceivably…

Idea-Driven Writing

One of the reasons why I chose education as the theme for WRIT150 was that I wanted to understand what I could gain through education and how to claim my education instead of receiving it. Although I stayed off campus during the COVID pandemic, the 2020 fall semester was not an isolated…

opposites

A disjointed blog post about a series of realizations I had recently that are related to opposites.

wp4: the role of writing

In the past I mostly thought about writing in terms of the final result. This might be due to assignments for class…

WP4: Putting It Down on Paper

My main struggle with writing always came from the fact that I was stuck in my head — even if I knew the premise of what I wanted to write, I simple couldn’t get my jumbled thoughts down on paper and suddenly form it into an essay. This also translated to my hesitation to ever…

How Writing Emphasizes My Empathy

Throughout this semester in WRIT 150, I have learned about the skills and the process of writing, although that is what I expected to be taught in a freshman writing class. I learned about being comfortable writing in my own voice from Vershawn Ashanti Young, and…

Popping My Creative Bubble

When I was younger, I was convinced that I would one day become an acclaimed writer. An adolescent book-worm, my favorite activities of reading and writing transported me to a creative bubble — and I loved it there. Yet, when writing became an integral part of my curriculum, rather…

WP4: Vulnerability

I never really considered myself a writer and I would often openly state that “I can’t write” or “I don’t enjoy writing” but that is because I associated the action of writing to super structured narrative. Meaning, I would follow the writing algorithm of topic sentence, body paragraph, and…

Organized Chaos

With this class coming to a close, I have had time to reflect on how WRIT 150 has affected me not only as a writer but as a person as well. Writing and I have never had the best relationship. There always seemed to be so many ideas and thoughts in my head, but I found great difficulty in…

Progression: An Homage to Nonlinear Thinking

If one was to ask those closest to me to describe the mannerisms of how I talk or…

Shifting Perspectives

Writing has always been challenging for me. Having had many professors throughout my schooling, I have been faced with different expectations and guidelines when it comes to the writing process. No teacher has the same parameters because writing is subjective. Despite this, through the…

WP4

The subject of writing was never an important part of my life. Before I took a writing class like this, I had never realized what writing can allow you to discover about yourself. For me, this realization came slowly, but after observation, I found the factor that allowed me to truly find the individualism of my…

Writing For Impact

Initially, I wasn’t a fan of writing. I was always a very math oriented, straightforward person so the abstract art of writing never appealed to me. The rigid structures I learned in middle and high school helped make writing more straightforward, writing an essay became more like filling in…

WP4

Writing has taught me the importance of self reflection and analytical thinking. Throughout my writing experience in High School and College, I noticed my writing has transcended from narrative writing into more analytical writing. This transformation came within the brainstorming and writing process of WP3, and it…

lessons from film

I came into the world of film from photography. I had a passion for making pretty images, but knew almost nothing about good…

Reflection

In highschool I always considered myself a good writer. I was able to write analytical papers very well and would always score high on exams. However, that was all different when it came to personal writing. The first challenge I struggled with was college admission essays. It was hard to write about…

WP4 — My Writing Journey

When I was searching for the meaning of writing on the Internet, I found one really interesting definition on Urban…

WP4 — Final Reflection on the Role of Writing

This semester, and more broadly this year in general, was one fueled with constant uncertainty. My only reassurance was the fact that this uncertainty was a common experience for everyone, shared by all those affected by the pandemic. By living away…