I enjoyed writing the personal narrative. As with any time I’m given an open topic paper, the hardest part was figuring out what I would write about. I had many options, but some I felt were too personal, some I felt I could hardly remember enough to write about. I finally thought about one experience that I had as a child that I thought was quite funny. I decided I would start with that.
For the first time I sat down and just started writing. I’d never done that before. I had always been the more laborious, painstaking writer who edits each bit as he writes. This new way of doing things turned out wonderful! I was able to write four and a half pages in no time! All I needed to do then was go through, link ideas, edit some errors and I was good to go. First draft in less than an hour. That was unheard of in my history as a writer and it made the process so much easier.
The peer reviews were great! I loved having people read my narrative and being able to read and comment on theirs. I found the advice given extremely helpful in most cases. I enjoyed being able to see what other people had written about and how they had approached the same assignment.
I loved that the assignment allowed me to be casual and really use whatever voice I wanted. I didn’t have to be formal or persuasive. I didn’t have to feel forced or feel like my words were contrived. I enjoyed remembering times past and being able to share those memories with my peers. It was a great assignment and a great start to the semester.
I’m excited now for the rest of the papers that we will write. I feel like I’ve learned writing techniques that will help the next assignments be less laborious and more enjoyable. I’m excited to learn about rhetoric and to improve my writing abilities again and again.
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