Learning Experience With My 1st and 2nd Essay

    Formal writing has never been my strongest skill. However, after writing the first two essays of my writing class, English Composition, I feel I have somehow improved it. There is still a lot to learn. We are just half way in the semester, so I know it will eventually get better and better. I was very difficult for me to write the first essay, which was a descriptive one. I had to go back to the book and to my notes from the class to grab the idea every once in a while in order to apply it to my manuscript as I was writing. To read the descriptive lectures the book offers was very helpful. I used to look for as many descriptive adjectives and phrases as I could find in the readings of the chapter, and use the ones that better suit my subject.

When the professor gave us the new subject for the next essay to write, this time a narrative style, I started gathering as many ideas as I could and writing them down so later, it was just a matter of putting then together. Since the topic was to write about the closest and the farthest person in your life, I did not find it too hard. I chose my dad and my brother and everything flowed smoothly from introduction to conclusion. This one was a lot easier for me. With this said, I found the narration style much simpler than the descriptive one because even though narration requires some description, it does not demand the same amount of descriptive terms. It is more like a story and obviously, if it relates to you, it outflows faster. Of course, since the two persons I picked were related to each other and with me at the same time, it did not require too much effort to transition from one to the other. So far, I have learn how to organize myself before starting to write. The first thing to do is to think about the topic and all the views that better accommodate what you want to write. An outline would be a very useful tool in cases like this. Then, it is all about putting everything together while satisfying the rules and formats of the type of composition you are using to write the manuscript. I am looking forward to my next essay so I can continue improving my writing skills.