12/01/07

What did I learn about writing in this course?

I'm going to be brutally honest in this post. Non-fiction is something I was never interested in or ever wanted to write about. This semester I just figured I'd give it a try with a few other courses I was never really interested in. Well I learned it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be; which I can't say the same for the other courses I took. What interested me the most was learning how to write personal essays and memoirs. I enjoyed writing them and think I will continue with those two writing genres. I did not enjoy the nature essay or the journalism piece at all. When I first tried writing the nature essay I was keep writing it as a poem and I knew that wouldn't work so after many attempts I finally had to change my topic and rush through the essay before the due date. And I was never interested in journaling. I didn't feel like I would make it through reading the essay about the Barbie Convention. It just did not interest me at all and I think I'll just keep it as that because I have nothing positive to say about it. But through it all I am glad that I learned how to write personal essays and memoirs. Even from the beginning I knew I would enjoy those two and I knew the personal essay was what I really wanted to write about for my final piece and it's the same for the reflective essay. I know I want to write about my personal essay for my reflective essay. I just have a feeling about it. But what I learned from this class is that non-fiction is just not my thing. I tried, I didn't hate the class and I don't think I did that bad or anything. I just got the opportunity to learn a little more in where I stand in writing on what I don't like, what I'm good at and more importantly of what I really enjoy and that is mostly my poetry and fiction writing.