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I love reading other writers' work. I appreciate that other writers have different

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perspectivee. ln rehrn, other writers' perspeotives give me a different outlook on my papers and

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rerninds m6 to bs more open minded, It rcminds me that I can be a rirk taker wilh my writing

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In high school, I was tho kind of writer ihat always had witer's blook. I was givon

also a stongth of mine. i had a really amszmg teaoher my freshman yoar ofhigh school. Her

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I've never had vory good oonfidenoe in anything I do whether it's wrrtrng or riding

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Elaborating on a specific point I bring up is also a ohallange for me, Sometimes, I just say what
want to say but never actually go into detail about a specifio point. This tends to make my

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pspsr8 unflterslting to readers. I need to practioo more with writing so I can hook the readers

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lot ofemotion in my papem to ruike tho readsrs more ongaged. I [ry to make my poirtB

oloar and ooncise and easy to follow aloog. I want my paperc to havo a good

thrm. I want tho roaders of my pape$

flow

My favorite genre to wnte m would probably be romance. Most of my diary is about my

boyfriend and I and the dates we have been on, the plaoes we have been together, and how I feel
about him. I love romance. Romanoe is my favorite genre in general. I love to romantic TV

shows,movies,walksinthepark,younameit

and rhythm to

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little dotail about how awesomo my day had been. I may ev0n doodle or draw flowers on tho
pago,
1Vhefl I talk about writing, I mostly talk about grammar ond punctuatioa. When I was in

highsohool,that'swhattheBnglishteacherspushtheirstudon8todo. Idon'twanttosaythat
tho English teaohor didn't oars about ths oontont beoause thoy did, but they roally onforeed
grammar and punctuation. I have noticod thnt when we do poor observations in Ms. Ingram's
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flow of tho paper, Whon we wrote

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drafis for our Lituaoy Nanativo, Geena, Olivia, and I discussed how to combine both drafts
togethor. We helped each othu figure out which paragraphs wo needed to take out and the order
thot the rest ofthe paragraphs needed to go in to make each other's paper flow better.

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that day until it's all out of my syBtsm. That makes me feol & lot bettBr bgsause I can "mrfdsr"
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I love reading othor writers' work. I

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prspegtive$. In returq other writers' perspectives givo me a drffuent outlook on my papers ald

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what I'vo writton about, It gives me brand new ideas that I can uso in my own wod<, It also

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and expsrimont with difforont idoas,

What is strength? Aacording to Google, Smongth is a good or beneficial quality or

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going to be the title of this paper? Where do

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about? How do say what I need to say witlnat tt being co4fustng? How cdn I get ny dudience

attributo of a person or thing, As writer, my strengtha va4r from papor to paper, itjust depends
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topic. For

instanoo, my Literaoy Nanatrvg was a paper that was easy to write because

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I alwoys write

in my room that way thero are lets distraotions. I can still hear all ofthe noise, ifthere is any,
outside, but with my door closed, nobody bothers me. Sometimes,

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cannot concntrate,

listen to music to get a good rh).thm to write to.

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softball for olven yoars, so 1 pretty muoh know everything there is to know about
are easy tic write about if you can romember want happefl in a mornent of your

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lifetimo. With

that said, I am a shong writor when I write about my hobbies and past memories. Grammar is

high sohool, I was tho kind ofwriter that always had writer's block.
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mote about $oltball and memories. I oan &,rit about Boftball and momones forwsr, I've played

was givon

also a stenglh of mine, I hod a really amuing teacher my froshman year of high sohool. Her

promptsthatsomqtimeslcouldn'trelateto;thorefore,writer'sblockconsumedrne.

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name was \,{s. Simmons, and

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Simmons taughi me nothing but grammar. Every single day,

at nry desk walohing the hands on the clock tiok just thinking how 1 could put my 6pin on a topio

would come into her olass, toom nurnber 133, and oonect all ths *cntences that she had written

that I really didn't know anything about. I wasn't allowed to listen tc musio when I wrote papors

on the board. That is how I beoame an expat in grarrnar.

during school houro, so I couldn't really evor got into my groovs on paper. When I wrote papers
in class, there was alway$

time limit. For me to write

to be able to reviee and edit my work as many times

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paper, I neod'ample time, I need

I feol fieceesary. In oo11e$e, I oonsider

freedom writer beoause I have more freedom as a

wriier.

Yes, I am given topics, but

the topics assigned are broad, I can put my own spin on the topic and interpret it however

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In collegg I have noticed that I am a more relaxed writer. Writing a paper is actually funl

As 0 witor, I guose my biggost challsnge $ writing about mysolf. So far, this essay has

beenastruggle. Itendtothinksonogativeaboutmyselflhatljustoan'!everthinkofanything
good to say, or in this oaso good to wdte, Writing [bout my strengths was a bit of a ohallenge,

I've never had vory good confidence in anythfug I do whether it's wrlting or riding

bicycle.

Elaborating on a specifio point I bring up is also a challenge for mo. Sometimes, I just say what
want to say but never actually go into detail about 6 speciflc point. This tends to make my

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papers uninterosting io readers. I need to practics more with writing so

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make the readers moro engaged. 1try to make my pointr

clear and conoise and easy to follow along]I want my papors to havo a good flow and rhythm to

them, I want the readers ofmy papors to bo on the odge oftheir ssat$ and dfivsn to read
paragraph a{ler peregraph of my papers.

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that day until it's all out of my systenr That makes me feel a lot botter because I oan "murder"
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I'm roal$ happy. When I'm happy, I write

about how great my day was and overythtng that happened beoause I want io remembor evory

littlo detail about how awesome my day had bsen. I may oven doodle or draw flowers on fle
page,

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what the English teachus push their studonb to do. I don't want to say thrt

the English teaoher didn't care about frE content because they did, but they roally enforood
grammar and punotuation. I have notioed that lvhen wo do poor observatiofls in L4s. kryram's
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write in would probably be romance. Most of my diary is about my

boyfriend and I and the dates wB havs ben on, the places we have been iogether, and how I feel

I think writing is a good way to expless yoursoll'whother you'ro mad, sod or happy.

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flow of the paper. When we woto

the two different

drafls for our Litsacy Narrative, Geena, Olivia, and I discugeed how io oombtns both drafts

together. We helped eaoh other figure out which paragraphs we needed to tako out ald tho order
that the rest ofthe paragraphs needed to go in to make each other's paper flow better.

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