Personal Essay: What It Means To Be A Good Writer

Good writing to me means knowing what you are doing. By this I mean you know how to use good grammar, punctuation, etc. I think a good writing piece will also have a noticeable start, body, and end. You know you have written something well when it clearly makes sense and there aren’t errors. I am taking College Prep Writing because I want to be prepared when I go into college I want to be prepared for the teacher who will pick out every error. I want to keep my grades up; it has always been a personal goal of mine. I also just want to be a better writer in general.
Writing will be in my life forever. Short-term wise it will help me in high school and also while I’m taking college classes in high school. Long-term wise it will help me in a couple years in college. I plan on having about 8 years of college so it will really help me through
I like to write so that really keeps me motivated. I also try to be really good about looking over my papers; especially reading them out loud helps pick out the errors. Some of my weaknesses as a writer are I’m not very good at making a start or an ending; they usually just get jumbled up with the rest of the paper. I also feel I am not very good with commas.
I expect to learn a lot from this class considering how hard everyone says it is and the expectations of it. I expect to learn a lot new things about grammar that I do not know yet. Also better ways to write, like defining your beginning, middle, and end. I expect to learn a lot of new punctuation. I expect to grow a lot as a writer and I assume I will. I think with the first quarter being mostly lessons I will learn a lot.
My role in this class will be a very expectant and excited learner, meaning I am expecting to learn a lot and I am excited to. I expect I will need to work hard in this class and use my time wisely. I expect for my teacher to teach me new things and get me prepared for the real world and