Writer's Profile

The art of writing has never come easy to me. I feel like I am always dreading the idea of putting words to paper. Either I get distracted while writing or I have no motivation to progress through the paper. A lot of the times I will have a great idea and start to express it out loud or in my mind and then once I come to typing I get a blank stare and forget all the good thoughts put together. Thankfully a lot of this stress of writing and forgetting ideas has been aided by a good writing process given to me a few years ago.

I have been taught to gather all my thoughts on the specific subject for the assignment and write them down on paper and keep going until I can think no more. I then start jotting my main ideas down on note cards that I will refer to later on in the paper. The note cards might consist of examples or topics. After I have done this I start writing a rough outline with no perimeters. Then once I have gotten a better feel for the assignment I start with my thesis and state what I will be addressing in my paper. The thesis statement usually contains three main topics that will fill my body paragraphs. I then jump back to my note cards for examples to help me write my body paragraphs. Finally I end with my conclusion paragraph that restates the thesis in a new way.

After I have finished my paper, I go back and check over everything, but mostly my body paragraphs to make sure the examples and ideas are correct. This writing process so far has worked for me. There are numerous times however that I will get stuck on my own thoughts and not know where to go next, especially on the rough outline where I have little structure. Another challenge with my writing process is that it poses the problem of straying away from the topic of the assignment because I have formed various ideas throughout the procedure. In all, I feel very comfortable with my process, but I am also open to new and interesting writing techniques.