Reflective Essay

Reflective Essay

I’ve always loved creative writing.  My biggest challenge with it, however, is my short attention span and tendency to daydream instead of write.  I learned that in order to start writing – or writing well – I needed to just sit down and type without looking at the screen.  This method taught me to focus all of my thoughts on the passage at hand without worrying too much about what I was writing and whether it was grammatically correct.  The writing process simply begins with starting.  After that, it’s just writing until you think you’ve said what you needed to.  I observed that my writing became more centered on specific detail that allowed me to flesh out my plot more.  I think my writing is improving and finally taking on my voice.  My attitude has become more positive and relaxed about creative writing now; I’m no longer set on writing things perfectly.  My least favorite aspect of creative writing is probably the effort and motivation it takes to come up with ideas and actually write.  It’s not something you suddenly want to do, but something that you force yourself to do.  I can continue to grow by not restricting my writing as much and allowing my thoughts to take me wherever they want.  The criteria I used to select the pieces for my final project was piece clarity, use of description, and creativity in idea.  My blog reflects what I feel like I’m doing all the time:  randomly writing.  I will continue to use writing to write essays in college and, if I get my dream, become a published author.