Saturday, January 29, 2011
Blog #1 The Writing Autobiography
Howdy I am Colin, I am a second semester Kinesiology student here and hope to attend P.A. school once I graduate. I am from Catonsville, Maryland and I went to high school at Mount Saint Joseph, an all boys school in Baltimore. I am a writer that absolutely hates to revise and make outlines. I tend to just go with the flow and it has always worked for me. For me In high school I did all of the typical forms of acadmic writing that would be expected, but at Maryland all I have had to do so far are autobiographies and research papers. I usually do not make an outline, I simply sit down and start writing until the paper is complete, and I will have a friend proof read it once it is complete. However, I am sure I will start writing in stages and making drafts in this class. Starting and finishing papers are the hardest part of writing for me, but once I get into the body of a paper I do not find it too difficult. I was satisfied when I wrote a biographical paper on my grandfather Freshman year of high school, but other than that the only satisfaction I get out of writing is when it is done.
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Hi Colin! It's pretty interesting that you are a Kinesiology major; I was thinking about doing that too! Like you, I dislike writing drafts and revisions. Also, I think it's pretty cool how you wrote a biographical paper on your grandfather!
ReplyDeleteHaha, hey Colin. I hate making outlines and revising too. I just like getting to the essay and getting it over with because english is kind of...ew and writing essays for me takes a very long time as well. I totally understand how you feel about the hardest part of writing a paper. Starting it hurts your brain and finishing it hurts your eyes. Hopefully, we'll be able to write awesome papers this semester. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteHi, Colin! First of all, I laughed out loud when I read that the only satisfaction you get out of writing is "when it is done." I really enjoyed that. It's funny! I can relate, even though I do a lot of writing and do enjoy it. I like that you had the opportunity to write something personal in the past, and I encourage you to draw from something close to you in our class as well. Yes, we'll do drafting and revision, but that's much easier to bear if we are passionate about the topic in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAlso -- look at these comments "starting hurts your brain and finishing hurts your eyes" -- so true, and so well put. I'm really enjoying reading all of y'all's posts!