I have a secret, but you have to promise not to judge me. I am partly looking forward to writing this short story essay. I can’t explain why I am not dreading writing this; normally writing a well-developed essay is the last thing on my to-do list. I can tell you one thing though, many essays will be in my future this semester. I just started on a college essay, the first of seven I need to write. What I like least about college essays is that they are less contextually relevent (the part I am usually solid at) and more focused on the tone (...what does that mean?), a significant curveball for a writer like me. Compared to the in-class essays we write, college essays seem like a breeze. I can’t imagine what Mr. Mullins thinks about my unedited writing. When the timer starts I get confused and stuck and redundant in my vocabulary. Both timed essays have given me nightmares so far. The reason I am looking forward to this essay in that it is a better substitute for the essays I have recently written, no scrambling to finish or reflecting about myself. I hope my feelings about this paper don’t change between now and the final draft.
Congratulations on being excited about writing- quite an accomplishment I would say. I agree that essays are challenging, especially college essays because those are the ones that matter the most. But this newfound attitude towards writing may be a start to something awesome...that is, if it lasts.
ReplyDeleteI'm so very proud of you for enjoying writing the short story essay! I just started on my college essays too, but I'm the opposite of you. I'd rather be given a prompt similar to the in-class essays we are given and not have such a broad topic on which to focus. I hate having to write about myself and would much rather play the part of an outside party. I also do much better writing under time constraints instead of being given weeks or months.
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