Writing Style Fit For All Audiences - 1291 Words

Molding A Writing Style Fit For All Audiences My goal is to learn how to make my writing flexible to satisfy different groups while keeping it on point. When looking at my current work and self reflecting I quickly recognized that my writing was sloppy and liberal. Why are my writings producing these kind of results? I formed a conclusion that my High School teachers were to blame. I was so stuck on robotically writing summaries for teachers, including English teachers, that I rarely had the chance to think for myself. I never had the opportunity to actually learn how to write in my own words, even when the teacher said â€Å"write in your own words†. There was always an agenda to follow, never your own opinion, never the â€Å"I†.†¦show more content†¦I also found it very useful to critique, reflect, ask other people opinions and read my work aloud. This allows me to get a second and third opinion on my work. The exercise that we did in class where we swapped essays, convinced me that a second set of eyes is very handy. There is yet another issue that arises. Because I never learned a writing process, how would I start forming my own? I figured the best way to start is to learn from others. In order to become a good writer I would have to learn the jargon that is literature. For example after reading Orlean Anderson’s journal I chose Bob Ingalls to be sort of my mentor in my middle draft. Like Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, he would mentor this Luke Skywalker in the ways of proper writing. He brought up many points that really interested me. With his advice I will form my own writing process by imitating style, reading and building upon an author’s ideas. I should be getting my ideas from authors and writers who know what they’re doing. With this in mind, I can shed the High School English approach of â€Å"write down what we want you to write down, not write down what is on your mind†. They could’ve at least taught us as students how to come up with ideas and focus on quality, rather than focusing on volume and tell us to write more to fix our writing which is redundant. They focused on interpreting authors and not emulating them.