Personal Reflection: My Evolving As A Writer

Evolving as a writer My personal reflection paper was a fun paper to write. I enjoyed reflecting on my childhood, but more so I am enjoying the learning experience. I have found that I am not as terrible in certain areas as I believed I was; however, I have learned some new areas I need to work on. My punctuation needs some work as well as my word choices; on the other hand, I have good sentence combining and I provide examples to illustrate my claims. I will better myself in the obvious areas that need work; similarly, I will continue to better myself in the areas I am strong at because there is always room for improvement. I will concentrate on working on my punctuation and word choices. When it comes to punctuation I still need some work on my commas. I need to watch for comma splices and remember to add commas where needed. To better myself in this area I will read specifically about commas on pages 282-297 in The Little, Brown
compact handbook; also, I will read and study the power point on commas provided in moodle. My word choices need to be worked on as well. I need to avoid using the words it and there. The structure of my sentences could be better, so I need to be more aware of what other words could be used and in what order they should be used in. Using a thesaurus would help; similarly, reading about clarity and style in The Little, Brown Handbook pages 139-178 will help. In my personal reflection paper my strengths were good sentence combining and providing examples to illustrate my claims.
I provided sentence combining by using coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs. For example, when I wrote the sentence “The small town itself did not bother me; nevertheless, what had brought us there did bother me.” I combined the sentence using the word nevertheless. Another example sentence is “Everyone who knew her had nothing but kind words to say about her; however, she was far from perfect.” The use of the word however combines the sentence. I provided examples to illustrate my claims by describing in detail when I talked about my stepmom on how I saw her at first when she grounded me from television and when she sent me to bed without any dessert. Then how she stepped up as a mother by taking care of me when I was sick and by giving advice when I needed it. Giving examples help the reader to understand more about what you are writing and also helps paint a better picture for the reader to
follow. My first paper has been a real learning experience. I have realized there is many factors that go into writing a paper to make it a good read for the reader. Not only is it satisfactory when I take what I have learned and apply it to my writing, but it is also rewarding to have completed something I have worked hard on. When it comes to writing, there is always something new to learn and improve on; therefore, it is important I take advantage of the resources provided to better myself as a writer.