Blog #10

      I feel like this class has definitely helped define me as a writer. What I've found throughout all of my papers this semester, is that I have a very casual and conversational tone to my writing. I tend to make my writing seem as though I'm talking directly to the reader, which I guess has worked for me. I know that my common struggle throughout this class has been the concept of "showing, not telling." I have worked very hard in trying to overcome this problem. I often times still struggle with it, but the fact that I know how to correct it, and recognize when I'm doing it, shows that I have learned a lot throughout this course. Another concept that I've tried to overcome throughout this class is the idea of cliches. Throughout high school, my teachers never really talked about cliches, so the fact that I now know that I should steer away from them is a good thing. Every single time I've written a paper for this class, I feel as though I've improved. Each time, I think about the things that we've been taught not to do, and the things that we've been taught to do, and it's definitely helped me in the long run. I think that as a writer, I like to write things about my personal life, or at least base them off of my life. For instance, with my snap shots I obvious based it off my life, but for the article and short story, I took personal experiences, or second hand experiences that my friends have gone through, and put them into words. This class has definitely been an awesome experience, and I feel as though I've improved a lot.